The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on UK parents’ attitudes towards routine childhood vaccines: A mixed-methods study
Following COVID-19, we found parents remain confident in childhood vaccines. However, some parents, particularly from ethnic minority groups may have more questions about childhood vaccines than pre-pandemic. Post COVID-19, to address declining vaccine uptake, parents need easy access to healthcare professionals to answer questions about childhood vaccinations.
Authors
- Elizabeth Whittaker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7944-8793)
- Celine Lewis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7169-1521)
- Helen Skirrow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4383-0616)
- Céire Costelloe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3475-7525)
- Sonia K Saxena (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3787-2083)
- Helen Bedford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0908-1380)
- Kimberley Foley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3664-8100)
- Lena Choundary-Salter
- Habiba Haque
Institutions
- Institute of Cancer Research (GB)
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (GB)
- Great Ormond Street Hospital (GB)
- The Community Trust (GB)
- University College London (GB)
- Imperial College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2024-08-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0306484
- Citations
- 13
- Primary Topic
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.86
Funders
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Imperial College London
- University College London
- School for Public Health Research