October 20, 2020

Caregiver Willingness to Vaccinate Their Children against COVID-19: Cross Sectional Survey

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Vaccines and Immunity

Keywords (Tags): vaccines

• An international cross-sectional survey of 1,541 caregivers responsible for care of a child recruited from pediatric clinics conducted from March to May 2020 found that 65% had intentions to vaccinate their child against COVID-19. An intention to vaccinate was more common among caregivers with older children, children with no chronic illness, when fathers complete the survey, and among caregivers of children with an up-to-date vaccination schedule. The most common reasons supporting uptake of vaccine was to protect their child (62%), while the most common reason for refusing the vaccine was its novelty (52%).

Goldman et al. (Oct 10, 2020). Caregiver Willingness to Vaccinate Their Children against COVID-19: Cross Sectional Survey. Vaccine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.09.084