Ali-Saleh Ola, Khatib Mohammad, Hadid Salam, Dahamsheh Kamal, Basis Fuad
The Max Stern Yezreel Valley College, Emek Yezrael 1930600, Israel.
The Galilee Society, Zefat Academic College, University of Haifa, Zefat 13206, Israel.
Vaccines (Basel). 2023 Sep 28;11(10):1540. doi: 10.3390/vaccines11101540.
The Arab minority consists of 20% of the Israeli population. Most of the Arab minority live in rural villages, mostly in closed communities, with specific psycho-social and sociodemographic characteristics. Previous studies showed different attitudes to COVID-19 vaccination among Arab adults.
To examine the influence of factors on the willingness of parents to vaccinate their young and adolescent children and if there is a difference between parents' attitudes to both groups.
The survey examined correlations between variables and attitudes toward the vaccine and the pandemic and was disseminated anonymously to parents of children between the ages of 5 and 18 in the Arab population of Israel through social media networks, using the snowball method. Statistical analyses included the Pearson correlation, MANCOVA, and logistic regression tests.
In total, 361 Arab Israeli parents participated. As mentioned above, 130 parents had both children and adolescents. Overall, 48 parents (36.9%) chose not to vaccinate both their children and adolescents, 52 parents (40.0%) chose to vaccinate only their adolescents, only 1 parent (0.8%) chose to vaccinate only the child, and 29 parents (22.3%) vaccinated both their children and adolescents. Significant correlations were found among a higher age of parents and socioeconomic status, attitudes toward COVID vaccination, subjective norms, perceived severity of the disease, perceived benefits of vaccination, and trust in formal sources.
There is a difference between parents' decision to be vaccinated and their willingness to vaccinate their children. There is a difference between their decision to vaccinate their adolescents and their young children. Different factors positively or negatively influenced parents' decisions. Addressing these factors by authorities may increase compliance of Arab minorities with instructions in the future.
阿拉伯少数民族占以色列人口的20%。大多数阿拉伯少数民族居住在乡村，大多是封闭社区，具有特定的心理社会和社会人口特征。先前的研究表明阿拉伯成年人对新冠疫苗接种有不同态度。
研究影响父母为其年幼及青少年子女接种疫苗意愿的因素，以及父母对这两组子女的态度是否存在差异。
该调查研究了变量与对疫苗及疫情的态度之间的相关性，并通过社交媒体网络，采用滚雪球法，向以色列阿拉伯人口中5至18岁儿童的父母进行匿名发放。统计分析包括Pearson相关性分析、多因素协方差分析和逻辑回归检验。
共有361名以色列阿拉伯父母参与。如上所述，130名父母育有儿童和青少年。总体而言，48名父母（36.9%）选择不给子女和青少年接种疫苗，52名父母（40.0%）选择只给青少年接种疫苗，只有1名父母（0.8%）选择只给儿童接种疫苗，29名父母（22.3%）给子女和青少年都接种了疫苗。在父母年龄较大、社会经济地位、对新冠疫苗接种的态度、主观规范、对疾病严重程度的认知、对疫苗接种益处的认知以及对正规信息来源的信任之间发现了显著相关性。
父母自己接种疫苗的决定与其为子女接种疫苗的意愿之间存在差异。他们为青少年接种疫苗的决定与为年幼子女接种疫苗的决定之间也存在差异。不同因素对父母的决定产生了积极或消极影响。当局解决这些因素可能会提高阿拉伯少数民族未来对指示的依从性。
