A Cross-Sectional Survey on COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Parents From Shandong vs. Zhejiang

作者：Yunyun Xu, Dongjuan Xu, Liyan Luo, Fengqiao Ma, Ping Wang, Hongfei Li, Qing Li, Lianyan Wei, Jiuzhou Diao, Yuanyuan Liu, Weiqiang Zhang, Xiaolei Zheng · 发表于：Frontiers in Public Health · 年份：2021 · DOI：10.3389/fpubh.2021.779720 · 被引用次数：50 · 研究领域：Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy、Misinformation and Its Impacts、SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

Introduction: With the approval of COVID-19 vaccinations for children and adolescents in China, parental vaccine hesitancy will emerge as a new challenge with regard to the administration of these vaccines. However, little is known regarding this hesitancy as well as regional differences that may exist between parents from Shandong vs. Zhejiang. Methods: To assess these issues, an online survey was conducted via a Wenjuanxing platform over the period from July 22 to August 14, 2021. Parents from Shandong and Zhejiang were recruited from Wechat groups and results from a total of 917 subjects were analyzed. Factors evaluated in this survey included socio-demographic variables, parental vaccine hesitancy, Parental Attitudes toward Childhood Vaccines (PACV) domains (behavior, safety and efficacy, general attitudes) and social support. Results: Compared with those from Shandong ( N = 443), parents from Zhejiang ( N = 474) showed significantly higher prevalence rates of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy (19.4 vs. 11.7%, p = 0.001). Multivariate logistic regression showed that yearly household incomes of ≥120,000 RMB ( p = 0.041), medical workers ( p = 0.022) and general attitudes of PACV ( p = 0.004) were risk factors for vaccine hesitancy among parents from Shandong, while behavior ( p = 0.004), safety and efficacy ( p < 0.001) and general attitudes of PACV ( p = 0.002) were risk factors for parents from Zhejiang. Among parents with vaccine hesitancy ( N = 144), concerns over side...