Reasons underlying the intention to vaccinate children aged 5-11 against COVID-19: A cross-sectional study of parents in Israel, November 2021

  1. Nicole G. Morozov
  2. Amiel A. Dror
  3. Amani Daoud
  4. Netanel Eisenbach
  5. Edward Kaykov
  6. Masad Barhoum
  7. Tsvi Sheleg
  8. Eyal Sela
  9. Michael Edelstein

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  1. Version published to 10.1080/21645515.2022.2112879
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    Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.

    Table 1: Rigor

    EthicsConsent: Informed consent was requested on the introductory page of the online questionnaire, prior to survey enrollment.
    IRB: Approval of this study was granted by the Research Ethics Committee of the Galilee Medical Center.
    Sex as a biological variablenot detected.
    Randomizationnot detected.
    Blindingnot detected.
    Power Analysisnot detected.

    Table 2: Resources

    Software and Algorithms
    SentencesResources
    Data were prepared using Microsoft Excel and analyzed using STATA 15.
    Microsoft Excel
    suggested: (Microsoft Excel, RRID:SCR_016137)
    STATA
    suggested: (Stata, RRID:SCR_012763)

    Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).

    Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:
    Limitations of our investigation include the self-selection of participants in answering the questionnaire and the participants’ self-identification of socio-demographic characteristics. Potentially, individuals who have stronger opinions either for or against vaccinating their children for COVID-19 may be more likely to complete a questionnaire about the topic. It must be noted that the age, sex, and geographical distribution of participants suggest that all segments of the population were represented. It is not clear to what extent our findings are generalizable to other countries. Globally, there are wide discrepancies in vaccine uptake from one country to another with some countries enjoying remarkably low levels of vaccine hesitancy among parents [9, 11]. Understanding what factors enable childhood COVID-19 vaccination in countries with high parental intent and transferring this knowledge to other contexts could help countries struggling with COVID-19 childhood vaccination programs. Because a growing number of individuals, including parents, are seeking health and vaccine information online or through peers, the availability of trustworthy sources and early educational campaigns cannot be overstated [26].

    Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.

    Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.

    Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.

    Results from rtransparent:
    • Thank you for including a conflict of interest statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • Thank you for including a funding statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • No protocol registration statement was detected.

    Results from scite Reference Check: We found no unreliable references.

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