Upward intergenerational support and vaccination decisions among community-dwelling older adults in China: A multicenter qualitative study
Mengyue Zhang, Siwen Huang, Chi Ruan, Dingwan Chen, Xiaosong Hu, Na Liu, Liang Wang, Lei Li, Mingli Fang, Xinyi Zhang, Huinan Hou, Dijun Liu, Yuhang Zhang, Yaqin Zhou, Jingtao Zhou, Qingyu Li, Linjie Wang, Xinyu Shi, Yudan Song, Wenzhou Yu, Sitong Luo · 2026
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Mengyue Zhang and colleagues interviewed older adults and their grown children in seven Chinese cities about how family help shapes vaccine choices. Routine vaccine uptake among older Chinese adults stays below targets, and family ties run deep in decisions there.
From November 2024 to August 2025, the team held 261 interviews with elders aged 60 and over and children aged 18 to 59. Children's help took five forms: money, practical aid, information, emotional support, and judgement of options. In some families children took over the choice, while in others they helped while leaving the elder in charge. Zhang urges health programs to coach children as supporters who respect the elder's own say.
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| CREATOR | Mengyue Zhang, Siwen Huang, Chi Ruan, Dingwan Chen, Xiaosong Hu, Na Liu, Liang Wang, Lei Li, Mingli Fang, Xinyi Zhang, Huinan Hou, Dijun Liu, Yuhang Zhang, Yaqin Zhou, Jingtao Zhou, Qingyu Li, Linjie Wang, Xinyu Shi, Yudan Song, Wenzhou Yu, Sitong Luo |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 79 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |