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. 2021 Aug 23;39(36):5082-5086.
doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.07.058. Epub 2021 Jul 23.

Parental plans to vaccinate children for COVID-19 in New York city

Chloe A Teasdale  1 , Luisa N Borrell  2 , Yanhan Shen  3 , Spencer Kimball  4 , Michael L Rinke  5 , Sasha A Fleary  6 , Denis Nash  7
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Parental plans to vaccinate children for COVID-19 in New York city

Chloe A Teasdale et al. Vaccine. .

Abstract

Once COVID-19 vaccines are approved for children < 12 years of age, high pediatric vaccination coverage will be needed to help minimize the public health threat from the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic. We conducted an online survey of 1,119 parents and caregivers of children ≤ 12 years in New York City from March 9 to April 11, 2021. Among parents surveyed, 61.9% reported plans to vaccinate their youngest child for COVID-19, 14.8% said they do not plan to vaccinate their child and 23.3% were unsure. Female and non-Hispanic Black parents were least likely to report plans to vaccinate their children. Safety, effectiveness and perceptions that children do not need vaccination were the primary reasons for vaccine hesitancy/resistance. Parents who have or will vaccinate themselves were significantly more likely to report they would vaccinate their children. Efforts to increase awareness about vaccine safety and education about the importance of vaccinating children are needed.

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Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Parental intentions to vaccinate children in NYC against COVID-19 according to parents’ own vaccination status – March 9-April 11, 2021.
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