Abstract
A significant decline in pediatric vaccination uptake due to the COVID-19 pandemic has been documented. Little is known about the parental willingness and associated factors of pediatric vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic. An extensive literature search in the databases of PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and EBSCOhost were conducted. A total of 20 eligible studies published from 2020–2022 were included for systematic summary by a thematic analysis, among which 12 studies were included in a meta-analysis conducted with R-4.2.1. The prevalence of parental willingness to childhood/routine vaccination and seasonal influenza vaccination was 58.6% (95%CI 2.8–98.6%) and 47.3% (95%CI 25.3–70.5%). Moreover, there is no sufficient evidence of significant change in parental willingness to childhood/routine vaccination, human papillomavirus vaccination, or pneumococcal conjugate vaccination during the pandemic. However, a significant increase in parental willingness to vaccinate their children against seasonal influenza was found. In addition to the factors of parental vaccination willingness/hesitancy that are well-studied in literature, children/parents’ history of COVID-19 and children’s perceived vulnerability to COVID-19 were associated with parental willingness. Developing synergetic strategies to promote COVID-19 vaccination together with other pediatric vaccination is warranted during the pandemic. This may help to improve and/or catch up the vaccine uptake of children during and/or after the COVID-19 pandemic. Copyright © 2022 by the authors.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 1453 |
Journal | Vaccines |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 9 |
Early online date | 02 Sept 2022 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Sept 2022 |
Citation
Wang, Z., Chen, S., & Fang, Y. (2022). Parental willingness and associated factors of pediatric vaccination in the era of COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Vaccines, 10(9). Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10091453Keywords
- Childhood/routine vaccination
- Seasonal influenza vaccination
- Human papillomaviruses vaccination
- Pneumococcal conjugate vaccination
- Children
- Parental willingness