Parental vaccine hesitancy and concerns regarding the COVID-19 virus.
Teresa L Salazar, Deborah L Pollard, Deborah M Pina-Thomas and 1 others
PMID 35367855WHAT IT FOUND
Fifteen percent of Denver-area parents were vaccine hesitant.
Hesitant parents were all mothers, more often had two or more children, less concerned about COVID-19, and much less willing to vaccinate their child.
Key findings
01Fifteen percent of parents scored as vaccine hesitant.
02Vaccine hesitant parents reported more children: 93% had two or more children, compared with 74% of non-hesitant parents.
03Higher vaccine hesitancy was linked to lower willingness to vaccinate a child for COVID-19.
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What it does not show
The survey was done in one metropolitan area, so it may not apply to rural, suburban, or other regions. Participants were recruited online through social media during the pandemic, which may have limited the diversity of the sample. Only 14 parents were classified as hesitant, so findings about hesitant parents rest on a small group. Five surveys were incomplete for vaccine hesitancy items but were retained, and some questions had missing responses. The study measured hesitancy and concerns at one time, so it cannot show cause. The sample was mostly mothers, over 30, Caucasian, and high income, which limits generalisability.
Declared interests
No specific grant was received, and all authors declared no competing interests.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read these associations as proof that a nurse conversation will change vaccination decisions. The study measured parents once and did not test any intervention.