ArticleFrontiers in public health2023
Determinants of parental seasonal influenza vaccine hesitancy in the Eastern Mediterranean region: A cross-sectional study.
Article in Frontiers in public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.
- The impact of COVID-19 on general vaccine acceptance in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Comparative analysis of parental hesitancy toward influenza vaccination for children versus themselves in post-pandemic China: A cross-sectional study.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2026Article
- The parent attitudes about childhood vaccines survey at 15: A summary of its use, reach, and scope.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2026Review
- Article
- Influenza Vaccination in Children During the First Two Seasons of Routine Vaccination Programs (2023-24 and 2024-25) in Central Catalonia, Spain: A Retrospective Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Observational
- Exploring nurses' experiences with a school-located influenza vaccination program: A qualitative study in the region of Murcia, Spain.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2025Article
- Research trends and key contributors in studies on influenza vaccines for children: A 20-year bibliometric analysis.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2025Article
- Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices (KAP) About Vaccines Among Students in the Health Sciences Faculties in Kuwait.Vaccines · 2025Article
- Strategies for the Prevention and Management of Respiratory Infections in Patients at High Risk in the UAE: A Cross-Disciplinary Position Paper.Pulmonary therapy · 2025Review
- Knowledge, attitudes, barriers and uptake rate of influenza virus vaccine among children from 6 months to 5 years of age in Jordan: a multicentric cross-sectional study.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
- Evaluating Families' Opinions of Routine Influenza Vaccination in Children Under 5 Years of Age in Spain.Vaccines · 2025Article
- Vaccinating and non-vaccinating parents' attitudes toward influenza vaccination in children under 5 years old in Spain.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Mathematical modeling for estimating influenza vaccine efficacy: A case study of the Valencian Community, Spain.Infectious Disease Modelling · 2024Article
- Article
- Hesitancy towards R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine among Ghanaian parents and attitudes towards immunizing non-eligible children: a cross-sectional survey.Malaria journal · 2024Article
- Article
- Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Changed Parental Attitudes and Beliefs Regarding Vaccinating Their Children against the Flu?Vaccines · 2023Article
- Parental intention to vaccinate children against seasonal influenza in the Eastern Mediterranean region: A cross-sectional study using the health belief model.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2023Article
- External validation of the parental attitude about childhood vaccination scale.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
29 authors at 20 institutions in 16 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Background: Seasonal influenza vaccine can reduce the risk of influenza-associated hospitalizations and deaths among children. Given that parents are the primary decision makers, this study examined the parental attitude toward childhood influenza vaccine and identified determinants of vaccine hesitancy (VH) in the Eastern Mediterranean region (EMR). Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using an anonymous online survey in 14 EMR countries. Parents of children aged 6 months to 18 years were included. The Parent Attitude about Childhood Vaccines (PACV) was used to assess VH. Chi square test and independent t-test were used to test for association of qualitative and quantitative variables, respectively. A structural equations model (SEM) was used to identify direct and indirect determinants of parental VH. Results: Almost half of the parents were hesitant about vaccinating their children against influenza (50.8%). Parental VH was significantly higher among older mothers (37.06 ± 8.8 years, Conclusion: A high proportion of included parents were hesitant to vaccinate their children against seasonal influenza. This attitude is due to many modifiable and non-modifiable factors that can be targeted to improve vaccination coverage.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.