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Vaccine
. 2024 Apr 29:S0264-410X(24)00515-2.
doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.04.074. Online ahead of print. Effects of parental childhood cultural health environment on children's influenza and COVID-19 vaccination status
Sasha A Fleary[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Zachary Shahn[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Chloe A Teasdale[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
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.
Keywords: COVID-19; Child; Cultural health capital; Dentist visits; Flu; Pediatrician visits; Vaccine.
. 2024 Apr 29:S0264-410X(24)00515-2.
doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.04.074. Online ahead of print. Effects of parental childhood cultural health environment on children's influenza and COVID-19 vaccination status
Sasha A Fleary[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Zachary Shahn[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Chloe A Teasdale[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 38688805
- DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.04.074
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.
Keywords: COVID-19; Child; Cultural health capital; Dentist visits; Flu; Pediatrician visits; Vaccine.