作者
Tammy A Santibanez, Kimberly H Nguyen, Stacie M Greby, Allison Fisher, Paul Scanlon, Achal Bhatt, Anup Srivastav, James A Singleton
发表日期
2020/12/1
期刊
Pediatrics
卷号
146
期号
6
出版商
American Academy of Pediatrics
简介
OBJECTIVES:
To quantify the prevalence of parental vaccine hesitancy (VH) in the United States and examine the association of VH with sociodemographics and childhood influenza vaccination coverage.
METHODS:
A 6-question VH module was included in the 2018 and 2019 National Immunization Survey-Flu, a telephone survey of households with children age 6 months to 17 years.
RESULTS:
The percentage of children having a parent reporting they were “hesitant about childhood shots” was 25.8% in 2018 and 19.5% in 2019. The prevalence of concern about the number of vaccines a child gets at one time impacting the decision to get their child vaccinated was 22.8% in 2018 and 19.1% in 2019; the prevalence of concern about serious, long-term side effects impacting the parent’s decision to get their child vaccinated was 27.3% in 2018 and 21.7% in 2019. Only small differences in VH by sociodemographic …
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