Parental experience with childhood COVID-19 vaccines and factors associated with parental hesitancy despite being vaccinated: findings of a cross-sectional analysis from Pakistan and implications for the future
Muhammad Salman, Tauqeer Hussain Mallhi, Yusra Habib Khan, Zia Ul Mustafa, Abiha Tanweer, Muneeba Ikram, Khalid Hussain, Muhammad Hammad Butt, Nishana Ramdas, Johanna C Meyer, Brian Godman · 2024
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Muhammad Salman and ten co-authors report a 2024 survey of parents in Lahore, Pakistan, about COVID-19 shots for their children. All the parents had taken vaccines themselves, yet many still held back for their kids. The study, run in the spring of 2023, asked 414 parents about uptake, side effects, and plans for children not yet vaccinated.
Shots were common for teens but much less so for younger children, and most parents did not plan to vaccinate those under eleven. Mild side effects after shots were reported by about a third of parents. Parents who had caught COVID-19 themselves, or who trusted the vaccine's safety, were more willing to vaccinate young children. A sense of duty to others also helped, while heavy weighing of pros and cons held parents back. The authors urge health officials to answer parents' fears directly.
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| CREATOR | Muhammad Salman, Tauqeer Hussain Mallhi, Yusra Habib Khan, Zia Ul Mustafa, Abiha Tanweer, Muneeba Ikram, Khalid Hussain, Muhammad Hammad Butt, Nishana Ramdas, Johanna C Meyer, Brian Godman |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 48 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |