Healthcare workers' perceptions and acceptance for COVID-19 vaccine for their children aged <18 years from the Region of Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India.

IF 1.1 Q4 PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
Imran Ahmed Khan, Md Abu Bashar, Amresh Kumar Singh
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Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program among adults in India is one of the highly successful vaccination drives globally, but the acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine among parents for their children is largely unknown. As parents are primary decision-makers for their children, we aimed to assess parents' perceptions and acceptance for COVID-19 vaccination for children in India.

Aim: To assess parental perceptions and acceptance for COVID-19 vaccination for their children (aged <18 years).

Materials and methods: A cross-sectional anonymous web-based survey was designed and conducted from November 1 to December 15, 2022. All the healthcare workers of a tertiary care institute in eastern Uttar Pradesh, having a child aged <18 years, constituted the study population and were invited. They were recruited through snowball sampling and were sent the study questionnaire in Google form through email and WhatsApp. Bivariate analysis was performed to determine the predictors of child vaccination acceptance among the parents.

Results: A total of 388 healthcare worker parents (HCWPs) having a child <18 years of age completed the survey. The mean age of the parents was 40.28 ± 11.34 years. The majority (96.9%) of them had already received the recommended two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. Around 91% of the parents agreed that COVID-19 vaccines are important for children's health, whereas 89% agreed that COVID-19 vaccines are effective. A total of 356 (91.7%) parents were willing to vaccinate their children with a COVID-19 vaccine, of which 91.3% intended to do so as soon as possible. The factors significantly associated with the stated willingness for child vaccination among the participants were younger age (P = 0.008), female gender (P = 0000), currently married status (P = 0.00001), urban residence (P = 0.01), lower monthly income (P = 0.03), absence of any chronic illness (P = 0.0003), history of COVID-19 in the child (P = 0.004), and the child being up-to-date with the routine childhood vaccines (P = 0.01).

Conclusion: The HCWPs from eastern Uttar Pradesh, India, have a positive attitude and low vaccine hesitancy toward COVID-19 vaccination for children, with around 92% currently willing to vaccinate their children with COVID vaccine. Further longitudinal studies are required to assess the trend of parental acceptance of COVID vaccine.

印度北方邦东部地区医护人员对其 18 岁以下儿童接种 COVID-19 疫苗的看法和接受程度。
背景:印度在成人中开展的冠状病毒病 2019(COVID-19)疫苗接种计划是全球非常成功的疫苗接种活动之一,但父母对子女接种 COVID-19 疫苗的接受程度却不甚了解。由于父母是子女的主要决策者,我们旨在评估印度父母对儿童接种 COVID-19 疫苗的看法和接受程度:设计了一项横断面匿名网络调查,并于 2022 年 11 月 1 日至 12 月 15 日进行。调查对象为北方邦东部一家三级医疗机构的所有医护人员,他们的子女年龄均为 5 岁:共有 388 名医护人员父母(HCWPs)有一个孩子(P = 0.008)、性别为女性(P = 0000)、目前已婚(P = 0.00001)、居住在城市(P = 0.01)、月收入较低(P = 0.03)、没有任何慢性疾病(P = 0.0003)、孩子有 COVID-19 病史(P = 0.004)、孩子接种了常规儿童疫苗(P = 0.01):结论:印度北方邦东部的家庭主妇对儿童接种 COVID-19 疫苗持积极态度,疫苗接种犹豫率较低,目前约有 92% 的家庭主妇愿意为其子女接种 COVID 疫苗。需要进一步开展纵向研究,以评估家长接受 COVID 疫苗的趋势。
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