Israeli parents` views on coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccinations for children: A cross-sectional study.
Bella Savitsky, Rachel Shvartsur, Ilya Kagan
PMID 36270927WHAT IT FOUND
Most hesitancy came from fear of side effects and distrust of a new vaccine.
Parents who skipped routine childhood shots were far more likely to refuse COVID-19 vaccination. Strong family and community support for vaccination was linked to higher intention to vaccinate.
Key findings
01Parents whose children were not up to date on routine Ministry of Health vaccinations had roughly five times the odds of not intending to vaccinate their child against COVID-19.
02Higher social influence scores, reflecting support from family, friends, coworkers and media, were associated with lower odds of refusing COVID-19 vaccination for children.
03Across all parents surveyed, fear of side effects, lack of information about the vaccine for children, general doubts about vaccination, and concerns that the vaccine was too new were the most common reasons for hesitancy.
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What it does not show
The sample was recruited via social media snowball sampling, so it is not representative of all Israeli parents. Ultra-Orthodox parents were poorly represented, and the study excluded Arabic, Russian and Amharic speakers, limiting generalizability across cultural groups. The sample size was small, which reduced the ability to detect differences between healthcare workers and other parents. Vaccination history and intentions were self-reported, which may be affected by recall and social-desirability biases. This is a survey of parents' views, not a test of any clinical intervention or outcome.
Declared interests
The authors declared no financial or personal relationships that could inappropriately influence the research.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that healthcare workers are more willing to vaccinate their children than the general public. In this study, healthcare workers were not statistically different from other parents in their intention to vaccinate or their attitudes toward the vaccine.