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August 19, 2026Journal of Public Health and Primary CareOpen Access

Parental/Caretaker’s Knowledge, Attitude, and Concerns toward Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccine and Willingness to Vaccinate their Under-12 Children Attending Immunization Clinic of Two Tertiary Care Centers, South India: A Prospective Bicentric Study

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BCBarathy ChandrasegaranNBN. Shivaramakrishna BabjiNBNishanth Naik Banoth

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Overview

Prospective study reveals high COVID-19 vaccine willingness among parents of children under 12, indicating strong potential for pediatric immunization programs.

Key Points

  • To assess parental knowledge, attitudes, concerns, and willingness to vaccinate children under 12 years of age against COVID-19, and identify key sociodemographic predictors.
  • Conducted a prospective bicentric study across immunization clinics at two tertiary care centers in South India.
  • Enrolled N=430 parents using systematic random sampling (every third willing parent).
  • Evaluated knowledge, attitudes, and concerns (KAC) scores alongside vaccination intent using Mann–Whitney U, Kruskal–Wallis tests, and multinomial regression.
  • Vaccine willingness was reported by 69.8% (n=300) of parents, with 21.2% (n=91) willing if mandatory or incentivized, and 9.0% (n=39) unwilling.
  • Paternal COVID-19 vaccination status and higher socioeconomic status were significantly associated with increased willingness to vaccinate children.
  • Parental education, occupation, socioeconomic status, and monthly income significantly influenced overall KAC scores.

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Chandrasegaran et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8563d703308d306e2d7407https://doi.org/10.4103/jphpc.jphpc_15_26
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