Understanding Motivating Factors for COVID-19 Vaccination in Families Defaulting from Childhood Immunization: A Mixed-Methods Study in Pakistan
Vaccine requirements and ease of access to vaccination services enhanced coverage with COVID-19 vaccines among families of children with incomplete routine immunization. Ethical use of vaccine requirements and community education to enhance levels of risk perception of vaccine-preventable diseases could potentially improve childhood immunization.
Authors
- Muhammad Ishaq (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9725-2164)
- Mumtaz Ali Laghari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4462-3771)
- Chukwuma Mbaeyi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4519-3075)
- Muhammad Safdar
- Dr Fatima Majeed
- Tamkeen Ghafoor
- Aslam Pervaiz
- U IQBAL (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3569-3044)
- Javeria Saleem
- Amjad Mehmood
- Kifayat Ullah
- Sumbal Hameed
Institutions
- University of Ulster (GB)
- University of the Punjab (PK)
- National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (US)
- University of Health Sciences Lahore (PK)
- Federal Urdu University (PK)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (UG)
- Abdus Salam Centre for Physics (PK)
- Shaikh Zayed Postgraduate Medical Institute (PK)
- National Institute of Health (PK)
- University of Birmingham (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Reports
- Published
- 2026-02-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/pediatric18010024
- Primary Topic
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00