ArticlePublic health2022
'I don't want my son to be part of a giant experiment': public attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccines in children.
Article in Public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Physicians' perspectives on COVID-19 vaccinations for children: a qualitative exploration in Ontario, Canada.BMJ open · 2024Article
- Patterns in COVID-19 vaccination among children aged 5-11 years in Alberta, Canada: Lessons for future vaccination campaigns.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2024Article
- COVID-19 vaccination in children aged 5-11: a systematic review of parental barriers and facilitators in Western countries.Therapeutic advances in vaccines and immunotherapy · 2024Review
- Perceptions and attitudes towards Covid-19 vaccines: narratives from members of the UK public.Zeitschrift fur Gesundheitswissenschaften = Journal of public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesThis qualitative study explored public attitudes to COVID-19 vaccines in children, including reasons for support or opposition to them. STUDY
designThis was a qualitative study using online focus groups and interviews.
methodsGroup and individual online interviews were conducted with a diverse sample of 24 adults in the United Kingdom to explore their views on the issue of COVID-19 vaccination in children. Data were analysed using a framework approach.
resultsCOVID-19 vaccination in children was framed as a complex problem (a 'minefield'). Six themes emerged to explain participants views: (1) uncertainty over whether children can catch, transmit or be severely harmed by COVID-19; (2) lower risk tolerance for unknown longer term effects of the vaccine in children; (3) association of the vaccine programme with government's handling of the pandemic; (4) local social norms as a driver of hesitancy; (5) vaccinating children as a way to protect vulnerable adults; and (6) children's vaccination as parental choice.
conclusionsCOVID-19 vaccination in children is perceived by members of the public as a complex issue, and many are torn or hesitant about the idea. Public health communications will need to combat this hesitancy if vaccine uptake for children is to be pursued as a public health policy.
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