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Effects of parental childhood cultural health environment on children's influenza and COVID-19 vaccination status.
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Vaccine [Vaccine] 2024 Jun 20; Vol. 42 (17), pp. 3631-3636. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 30. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Most studies examining factors associated with pediatric influenza (flu) and coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination uptake focus on parental demographics. We examined whether the childhood cultural health environment (CHE) of parents (measured by self-reported regular attendance at doctor and dentist visits during childhood) was associated with flu and COVID-19 vaccination of their children. Using 2023 survey data from 397 US parents and causal inference methods, we estimated the average causal effect of parental CHE on flu vaccination rates (0.16 [95 % confidence interval: 0.06,0.27]) and COVID-19 (0.14 [95 % confidence interval: 0.04,0.24]), indicating that if all parents had attended regular doctor/dentist visits as children, flu and COVID-19 vaccination rates in children would be 16 % and 14 % higher, respectively, than if none had. Our findings suggest that early life exposure to medical and dental care has significant and lasting effects on the health of individuals and families.<br />Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.<br /> (Copyright © 2024 Elsevier India Pvt Ltd. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.)
- Subjects :
- Humans
Female
Child
Male
Adult
Child, Preschool
COVID-19 Vaccines administration & dosage
COVID-19 Vaccines immunology
SARS-CoV-2 immunology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Adolescent
Infant
United States epidemiology
Parents psychology
Influenza, Human prevention & control
COVID-19 prevention & control
COVID-19 epidemiology
Influenza Vaccines administration & dosage
Influenza Vaccines immunology
Vaccination statistics & numerical data
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1873-2518
- Volume :
- 42
- Issue :
- 17
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Vaccine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 38688805
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.04.074