Parent's Hesitation with COVID-19 Vaccinations in Infants and Children Aged 6 Months to 5 Years

Austin M Temple; Evelyn Schendler; John Harrington

doi:10.3390/vaccines10111828

Parent's Hesitation with COVID-19 Vaccinations in Infants and Children Aged 6 Months to 5 Years

Vaccines (Basel). 2022 Oct 29;10(11):1828. doi: 10.3390/vaccines10111828.

Authors

Austin M Temple¹, Evelyn Schendler¹, John Harrington^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS), 825 Fairfax Ave, Norfolk, VA 23507, USA.
² Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters (CHKD), 601 Children's Lane, Norfolk, VA 23507, USA.

Abstract

We implemented an in-person survey of parents/guardians concerning COVID-19 vaccine for a predominantly African-American Medicaid pediatric patient population between the ages of 6-59 months at a Children's Hospital General Pediatric Clinic in Norfolk, VA. Vaccine hesitancy was predominantly based on concerns surrounding safety and overall need for the vaccine.

Keywords: EUA; FDA; immunization.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by Eastern Virginia Medical School.