Health Care Personnel Attitudes Toward Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccines.

Introduction: A level of hesitancy existed among parents when United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved pediatric COVID-19 vaccines were introduced. We explored attitudes, beliefs, and willingness of health care personnel (HCP) as parents to vaccinate children less than 18 years of age. Methods: We developed a cross-sectional survey for HCPs as parents, including clinical and nonclinical staff, researchers, and trainees at a single academic medical institution. We assessed role categories by vaccination status, willingness to vaccinate their children, and COVID-19 history. We analyzed data via cross tabulation and Pearson correlation to examine relationships across variables. Results: There were a total of 1,538 research respondents. Nurses had a higher COVID-19 history compared to other roles (29.2%, Conclusions: Nurses were more hesitant to vaccinate themselves than other roles, had higher rates of COVID-19 history, and were more hesitant to vaccinate their children if they were unvaccinated.