Sources of Information about COVID-19 Vaccines for Children and Its Associations with Parental Motivation to Have Their Children Vaccinated in Taiwan
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Participants and Procedure
2.2. Measures
2.2.1. Sources of Information on Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccines and Trust in Information
2.2.2. P-MoVac-COVID19S
2.2.3. Demographic Characteristics
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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n (%) | M (SD) | Range | |
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Parent sex | |||
Male | 123 (22.4) | ||
Female | 427 (77.6) | ||
Parent age (year) | 44.3 (5.2) | 28–67 | |
Parent educational year | 16.3 (2.5) | 9–25 | |
Child sex | |||
Male | 301 (54.7) | ||
Female | 249 (45.3) | ||
Child age (year) | 11.8 (3.6) | 6–18 | |
Number of children in the household | 1.7 (0.6) | 1–4 | |
Parental motivation to have their child vaccinated | 49.5 (7.9) | 12–63 |
Commonly Used | Trust | ||
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n (%) | M (SD) | Range | |
Traditional mass media | 403 (73.3) | 3.7 (1.0) | 1–5 |
Medical staff in healthcare settings | 312 (56.7) | 4.4 (0.8) | 1–5 |
Coworkers | 245 (44.5) | 3.4 (0.9) | 1–5 |
Acquaintances on social media | 204 (37.1) | 2.7 (1.0) | 1–5 |
Family members | 193 (35.1) | 3.5 (0.9) | 1–5 |
Close friends | 173 (31.5) | 3.3 (0.9) | 1–5 |
Strangers on social media | 115 (20.9) | 2.2 (1.0) | 1–5 |
Parental Motivation | ||||
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Model I | Model II | |||
B (SE) | p | B (SE) | p | |
Source: Acquaintances on social media | 3.014 (0.695) | <0.001 | ||
Source: Medical staff in healthcare settings | 1.466 (0.678) | 0.031 | ||
Trust: Medical staff in healthcare settings | 2.642 (0.422) | <0.001 | ||
Trust: Coworkers | 1.078 (0.377) | 0.004 | ||
F | 13.819 | 34.057 | ||
p | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
Adjusted R2 | 0.045 | 0.107 |
Medical Staff in Healthcare Settings | Acquaintances on Social Media | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
OR (95% CI) | p | OR (95% CI) | p | |
Sex a | 0.441 (0.288–0.675) | <0.001 | 0.590 (0.376–0.924) | 0.021 |
Age | 0.972 (0.939–1.006) | 0.104 | 1.013 (0.978–1.049) | 0.473 |
Education | 1.148 (1.066–1.236) | <0.001 | 1.064 (0.990–1.143) | 0.091 |
Number of children in the household | 1.170 (0.874–1.568) | 0.292 | 1.309 (0.977–1.754) | 0.071 |
Medical Staff in Healthcare Settings | Coworkers | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
B (SE) | p | B (SE) | p | |
Sex a | –0.032 (0.084) | 0.700 | –0.299 (0.093) | 0.001 |
Age | 0.002 (0.007) | 0.804 | 0.005 (0.008) | 0.543 |
Education | 0.021 (0.014) | 0.141 | 0.031 (0.016) | 0.054 |
Number of children in the household | 0.021 (0.058) | 0.719 | 0.075 (0.064) | 0.238 |
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Liu, T.-L.; Hsiao, R.C.; Chen, Y.-M.; Lin, P.-C.; Yen, C.-F. Sources of Information about COVID-19 Vaccines for Children and Its Associations with Parental Motivation to Have Their Children Vaccinated in Taiwan. Vaccines 2023, 11, 1337. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11081337
Liu T-L, Hsiao RC, Chen Y-M, Lin P-C, Yen C-F. Sources of Information about COVID-19 Vaccines for Children and Its Associations with Parental Motivation to Have Their Children Vaccinated in Taiwan. Vaccines. 2023; 11(8):1337. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11081337
Chicago/Turabian StyleLiu, Tai-Ling, Ray C. Hsiao, Yu-Min Chen, Po-Chun Lin, and Cheng-Fang Yen. 2023. "Sources of Information about COVID-19 Vaccines for Children and Its Associations with Parental Motivation to Have Their Children Vaccinated in Taiwan" Vaccines 11, no. 8: 1337. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11081337
APA StyleLiu, T.-L., Hsiao, R. C., Chen, Y.-M., Lin, P.-C., & Yen, C.-F. (2023). Sources of Information about COVID-19 Vaccines for Children and Its Associations with Parental Motivation to Have Their Children Vaccinated in Taiwan. Vaccines, 11(8), 1337. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11081337