Parents’ perceptions and intention to vaccinate their children against COVID-19: Results from a cross-sectional national survey in India (original) (raw)
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Background COVID-19 vaccination program among Adults in India is one of the highly successful vaccination drives globally. Indian children aged 15-18 years old became eligible for COVID-19 vaccination on 3 rd January, 2022 followed by 12-14 years old children on 1 st April, 2022. As parents are primary decisionmakers for their children, we aimed to assess parents' perceptions and intentions regarding COVID-19 vaccination for children in India. Aim To assess parental perceptions and intention to get COVID-19 vaccination for their children (aged<18 years), Materials and Methods A cross-sectional anonymous web-based survey was designed. Healthcare workers of a tertiary care institute in Eastern U.P. having any children aged <18 years were the study population. They were recruited through snowball sampling and were sent the study questionnaire in Google form through email and WhatsApp. Cross-tabulation was performed by parents' intention to vaccinate their children against COVID-19 virus with socio-demographic characteristics and their risk perception toward COVID-19, trust in the healthcare system, and their history of vaccine hesitancy behavior routine childhood immunization. Bivariate analysis was performed to find out the predictors of child vaccination intention among the parents. Results A total of 388 healthcare workers parents (HCWPs) having A child < 18 years of age completed the survey. Mean age of the parents were 40.28 ±11.34 years with majority. Around 75% of them had already completed 3 recommended doses of COVIID-19. Around 61% of the parents agreed that COVID-19 vaccines are important for child's health whereas 58.7% agreed to the statement that COVID-19 vaccines are effective. A total of 232(59.9%) of the participants were willing to vaccinate their child against COVID-19, 91.3% of Disclaimer/Publisher's Note: The statements, opinions, and data contained in all publications are solely those of the individual author(s) and contributor(s) and not of MDPI and/or the editor(s). MDPI and/or the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to people or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions, or products referred to in the content.
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