SynthesisHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics2023
COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy among Italian parents: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- The impact of COVID-19 on general vaccine acceptance in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
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- Vaccine hesitancy in context of COVID-19 in East Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2024Pooled it
- Using positive imagination to reduce negativity in information processing and hesitant attitudes towards childhood COVID-19 vaccinations in parents: A randomized controlled trial.British journal of health psychology · 2025Trial
- A Critical Assessment of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP) Concerning HTLV-1 Infection Among Healthcare Professionals in Gabon.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Vaccine Hesitancy and Refusal Among Parents of Children Aged 5-11 Years: Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Calabria Region.Vaccines · 2025Article
- Safety of sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine in children and adolescents aged 5 to 18 years: a cohort event monitoring study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Vaccine Hesitancy in the Autism Spectrum Disorder Context: Parental Vaccine Decision-Making and Coping with Stress Strategies.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- Local policy governance arrangements and COVID-19-related mortality in municipalities in Japan: a cross-sectional ecological study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Standardized pre-bronchoscopy mechanical power and KPC resistance as predictors of mortality in ventilated ICU patients: a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
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- Vaccine Hesitancy and Associated Factors Amongst Health Professionals: A Scoping Review of the Published Literature.Vaccines · 2024Article
- Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 epidemics in pediatric population in Liguria (North-west Italy) from March 2020 to December 2022: what could we have learned?Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene · 2024Article
- Factors Influencing COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Pregnant and Breastfeeding/Puerperium Women: A Cross-Sectional Study.Vaccines · 2024Article
- Development of a User-friendly Health Promotion Website to Spread Evidence-based Information in Italy.Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene · 2024Article
- Positive and negative factors of parents vaccinating their children against COVID-19: An umbrella review.Preventive medicine reports · 2024Review
- Psychosocial Factors Influencing Parents' Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccination for Their Children: An Italian Cross-Sectional Study.Vaccines · 2024Article
- Pneumococcal vaccine uptake among high-risk adults and children in Italy: results from the OBVIOUS project survey.BMC public health · 2024Article
- The effect of perceived social support and health literacy on parental COVID-19 vaccine hesitation in preschool children: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
In May 2021, the Italian government extended the COVID-19 vaccination campaign to 12- to 18-year-old subjects and, starting December 2021, vaccines were also offered to children between 5 and 11 years-old. Despite these efforts, suboptimal vaccination coverages are reported. The purpose of this review is to estimate the proportion of parents/caregivers of children and adolescents expressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Italy. The vaccine hesitation rate among parents of minors was 55.1% (95%CI: 43.8-66.1%). A higher value was evidenced in studies focusing on children (59.9%; 95%CI = 43.7-75.1%) compared to the ones focusing on adolescents (51.3%; 95%CI = 34.5-68.0%). The main reasons for unwillingness were the belief that the vaccine was unsafe or ineffective, fear of adverse events, and considering COVID-19 a non-threatening disease. The implementation of effective communication campaigns and health educational programs on safe pediatric vaccinations is essential to support strategies to bolster vaccination confidence.
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