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Parents’ Willingness to Vaccinate Their Children With COVID-19 Vaccine: Results of a Survey in Italy by Gabriella Di Giuseppe; Concetta Paola Pelullo; Andrea Salvatore Volgare; Francesco Napolitano; Maria Pavia is a Health Professions article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Purpose: This cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the parents' willingness to vaccinate their children with the covid-19 vaccine and related determinants with specific attention to willingness for adolescents as compared to younger children. ## Methods: Data were collected through a confidential online questionnaire. ## Results: A total of 607 parents agreed to participate. more than two-thirds of the parents had good knowledge about the modes of transmission of covid-19, knew that subjects of any age may be susceptible to sars-cov-2 infection, and 85.5% correctly indicated the main behavioral preventive measures against covid-19. with regard to attitudes, 78.7% agreed that covid-19 is a serious disease, whereas only 42.3% agreed that it is preventable. overall, 68.5% were willing to vaccinate their children with the covid-19 vaccine, specifically 74.5% of parents of adolescents and 65.5% of those of younger children, and the results of the multivariate analysis showed that parents of adolescents aged 12-15 years or 16-18 years compared to those of children aged 11 years or less, those who had more than two children, those who reported that their children had been visi

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Author

Gabriella Di Giuseppe; Concetta Paola Pelullo; Andrea Salvatore Volgare; Francesco Napolitano; Maria Pavia

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2022

Language

EN

Field

Health Professions (Health Sciences)