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Effect of information provision on parental intention toward COVID-19 vaccination for children: a nationwide survey experiment

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Lee, Hyunju; Park, Jung Hyun; Kim, Shinkyeong; Seo, Sujin; Lee, Minjung; You, Myoungsoon; Choi, Eun Hwa; Kwon, Geun-Yong; Shin, Jee Yeon; Lee, Min-Ah; Jeong, Mi Jin; Choe, Young June; Choi, Syng Joo

Issue Date
2024-03
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
Citation
Scientific Reports, Vol.14 No.1, p. 5354
Abstract
The reluctance of parents to vaccinate their children against COVID-19 was prevalent particularly when uncertainty over vaccination outcomes prevailed. We conducted a nationwide randomized online survey experiment to assess the effect of information provision on parental intention for COVID-19 vaccination before the government started vaccination for children in South Korea. Parents of elementary school children were provided with either no information (Control), information on vaccine profile (vaccine informed group; VI), or COVID-19 (disease informed group; DI). Among 359,110 participants, parental intention for vaccination of children was significantly higher in both VI and DI groups compared with the Control group. In terms of effect size, information on COVID-19 vaccine increased likelihood to vaccinate by 1620 per 100,000 parents and reduced vaccine hesitancy by 1340 per 100,000 parents. Consistently with the positive effect on vaccination intention, both VI and DI interventions increased participants perceptions on vaccination benefits being higher than its risks and vaccination risks being lower than health risks of COVID-19 infection, and self-reported trust in COVID-19 information. Our results lend strong support to the claim that the provision of targeted, tailored information on COVID-19 vaccine and infection increases parental intention to vaccinate children and reduces vaccine hesitancy.
ISSN
2045-2322
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/10371/202792
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-56116-z
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