<oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd">
  <dc:creator>Bagateli, Leonardo Evangelista</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Saeki, Edna Yayoi</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Fadda, Marta</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Agostoni, Carlo</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Marchisio, Paola Giovanna</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Milani, Gregorio Paolo</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2021</dc:date>
  <dc:description xmlns:ns0="xml" ns0:lang="en">Background: The immunization of large portions of populations in low/middle-income countries is considered one of the key measures to limit the development of new SARS-CoV-2 variants. However, parental vaccine hesitancy might be an important obstacle to pediatric vaccination. The aim of this survey was to study the prevalence and extent of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among parents of children and adolescents living in Brazil. Methods: Caregivers of children and adolescents referred to the emergency department of Hospital Estadual de Bauru, São Paulo (Brazil) were invited to fill in a validated questionnaire on vaccine hesitancy and to report their willingness for themselves and their offspring to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Results: A total of 501 consecutive caregivers filled in the survey. Response rate was 100%. A minority (N = 14, 2.8%) of caregivers were hesitant about vaccines. Despite this, half of them declared they were willing to vaccinate their offspring against COVID-19. Conclusions: This survey identifies that vaccine hesitancy is very low among caregivers living in Brazil and that even many of the hesitant caregivers are willing to vaccinate their offspring against COVID-19. This study highlights the importance of offering the COVID-19 vaccination to the whole population, including subjects that present uncertainty about other vaccines.</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>https://susi.usi.ch/global/documents/322952</dc:identifier>
  <dc:identifier>https://n2t.net/ark:/12658/srd1322952</dc:identifier>
  <dc:identifier>https://susi.usi.ch/documents/322952/files/Fadda_2021_MDPI_vaccines.pdf</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>eng</dc:language>
  <dc:relation>info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3390/vaccines9101115</dc:relation>
  <dc:relation>info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/ark/12658/srd1322952</dc:relation>
  <dc:rights>info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess</dc:rights>
  <dc:rights>CC BY</dc:rights>
  <dc:source>Vaccines. - 2021, vol. 9, no. 10, p. 1115</dc:source>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns1="xml" ns1:lang="en">SARS-CoV-2</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns2="xml" ns2:lang="en">low-income country</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns3="xml" ns3:lang="en">vaccination</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns4="xml" ns4:lang="en">children</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns5="xml" ns5:lang="en">adolescents</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns6="xml" ns6:lang="en">variants</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns7="xml" ns7:lang="en">barriers</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns8="xml" ns8:lang="en">parent attitudes about childhood vaccines</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>info:eu-repo/classification/udc/61</dc:subject>
  <dc:title xmlns:ns9="xml" ns9:lang="en">COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among parents of children and adolescents living in Brazil</dc:title>
  <dc:type>http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501</dc:type>
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