ReviewVaccines2023
Worldwide Child Routine Vaccination Hesitancy Rate among Parents of Children Aged 0-6 Years: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cross-Sectional Studies.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A systematic review on parental vaccine hesitancy for childhood immunizations in the European region: Can findings be generalized?Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2026Pooled it
- Factors ınfluencing vaccine refusal in children: an umbrella review on COVID-19 and childhood vaccinations.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Health communication strategies to address parental vaccine hesitancy regarding childhood vaccination in Nigeria: a systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Parental vaccine refusal, non-vaccinated children, and outbreaks of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (VPDs) in Europe: a systematic review of aetiology and risk.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Assessment of effectiveness of health education bundle to overcome vaccine hesitancy in mothers: single blinded randomized study.BMC research notes · 2025Trial
- Reasons for Childhood Vaccine Refusal: A Cross-Sectional Study in South-Eastern Türkiye.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Parental hesitancy and refusal toward routine childhood vaccination after the COVID-19 vaccination period: a cross-sectional study.BMC primary care · 2026Article
- Vaccination attitudes and intentions reported by Canadian children and their parents in the CHILD Cohort Study during the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Factors Associated with Parental Vaccine Hesitancy in Childhood Immunization: Insights from a Cross-Sectional Survey in Southern Italy.Pharmaceutical research · 2026Article
- Risk factors and outcomes of delayed completion of the hexavalent 3 + 1 immunisation series in German preterm infants - an observational study.Molecular and cellular pediatrics · 2026Article
- Changes in childhood vaccine hesitancy during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective study based on data from Turkey.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2026Observational
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- Childhood Vaccine Hesitancy and Refusal in Türkiye: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Infectious diseases & clinical microbiology · 2026Article
- Social determinants of vaccine hesitancy among the Lebanese parents: A cross-sectional Study.PloS one · 2026Article
- Health literacy, awareness and referral patterns of mothers in childhood vaccination: a cross-sectional study in Iran.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Seroprevalence and Vaccination Determinants of Varicella Zoster Virus Among Pediatric and Adolescent Populations in Northern Lebanon.Vaccines · 2025Article
- Parental Vaccine Hesitancy, Trust in Physicians, and Future Vaccination Intentions: A PACV Cross-Sectional Study.Vaccines · 2025Article
- Predictors of vaccine hesitancy among medical students at the University of Belgrade.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Global, regional, and national trends in routine childhood vaccination coverage from 1980 to 2023 with forecasts to 2030: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023.Lancet (London, England) · 2025Article
- Systemic antiviral consumption in Kazakhstan.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
Routine vaccine hesitancy is a major global health challenge observed in over 190 countries worldwide. This meta-analysis aims to determine the worldwide prevalence of routine vaccination hesitancy among parents of children aged 0-6. An extensive search was conducted in four scientific databases: PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library. Studies were included if they reported hesitancy related to WHO-recommended routine immunizations for children under 7 years of age. A single-arm meta-analysis was performed using the OpenMeta[Analyst] software. An initial search retrieved 5121 articles, of which only 23 publications, involving 29,131 parents, guardians, and caregivers from over 30 countries met the inclusion criteria and quality assessment. The cumulative prevalence of parental vaccine hesitancy was found to be 21.1% (95% CI = 17.5-24.7%, I
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