Sean Steven Puleh, Eustes Kigongo, Innocent Ojok Opio, Stella Immaculate Akech, Marc Sam Opollo, Everlyne Achan, Joy Acen, Maxson Kenneth Anyolitho, Walter Acup, Amir Kabunga
Background: Data on parents' readiness to vaccinate their children aged 5 to 17 years against COVID-19 is still scarce. This study assessed parents' readiness to vaccinate their children aged 5 to 17 years against COVID-19 and factors associated in Lira district, Uganda.
Methods and materials: A cross-sectional survey employing quantitative methods was conducted between October and November 2022 among 578 parents of children aged 5-17 years in 3 sub-counties in Lira district. An interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to collect data. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics including means, percentages, frequencies, and odds ratios. Logistic regression was used to determine associations between the factors and the readiness of parents at a 95% level of significance.
Results: Out of 634 participants, 578 responded to the questionnaire, giving a response rate of 91.2%. The majority of the parents (327, 56.8%) were female, had children aged between 12 and 15 years (266, 46.4%), and had completed primary education (351, 60.9%). Most of the parents were Christian (565, 98.4%), married (499, 86.6%), and had been vaccinated against COVID-19 (535, 92.6%). Results also indicated that 75.6% (ranging from 71.9% to 78.9%) of the parents were unwilling to vaccinate their children for the COVID-19 virus. The predictors of readiness were the age of the child (AOR: 2.02; 95% CI: 0.97-4.20; p=0.05) and lack of trust in the vaccine (AOR: 3.33; 95% CI: 1.95-5.71; p0.001).
Conclusion: Our study shows that parents' readiness to vaccinate their children aged 5 to 17 years was only 24.6%, which is suboptimal. The predictors of hesitancy were the age of the child and a lack of trust in the vaccine. Based on our results, the Ugandan authorities should provide health education interventions targeting parents to combat mistrust with respect to COVID-19 and the COVID-19 vaccine and highlight the benefits of the vaccines.
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Pub Date : 2022-06-01DOI: 10.1136/rapm-2022-esra.506
JM Ruby, H. Zhong, KR DelPizzo, A. Illescas, J. Poeran, J. Liu, C. Cozowicz, S. Memtsoudis
{"title":"B430 Disparities in paediatric fracture treatment in the United States","authors":"JM Ruby, H. Zhong, KR DelPizzo, A. Illescas, J. Poeran, J. Liu, C. Cozowicz, S. Memtsoudis","doi":"10.1136/rapm-2022-esra.506","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2022-esra.506","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74410,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77527780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-06-01DOI: 10.1136/rapm-2022-esra.513
L. Mikjunovikj Derebanova, V. Demjanski, V. Ognjanova, S. Golubic, H. Lazarevska, E. Jankulovska Vlahovikj
{"title":"B437 Dexamethasone as adjuvant in upper extremity peripheral nerve blocks in pediatric patients","authors":"L. Mikjunovikj Derebanova, V. Demjanski, V. Ognjanova, S. Golubic, H. Lazarevska, E. Jankulovska Vlahovikj","doi":"10.1136/rapm-2022-esra.513","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2022-esra.513","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74410,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78462205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-06-01DOI: 10.1136/rapm-2022-esra.514
M. Sharapi, J. Loughrey
{"title":"B438 Dural puncture epidural for caesarean delivery in a patient with recently unstable multiple sclerosis","authors":"M. Sharapi, J. Loughrey","doi":"10.1136/rapm-2022-esra.514","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2022-esra.514","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74410,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81020637","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-06-01DOI: 10.1136/rapm-2022-esra.518
A. Koka, BP Modi, EA Nir, C. Sullivan
{"title":"B442 Regional analgesia via continuouserector spinaeplane (ESP) catheters for thoracic outlet decompression surgery in children – a retrospective case series","authors":"A. Koka, BP Modi, EA Nir, C. Sullivan","doi":"10.1136/rapm-2022-esra.518","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2022-esra.518","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74410,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics","volume":"72 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84158643","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-06-01DOI: 10.1136/rapm-2022-esra.505
SL Dsouza, Mark Cooper
{"title":"B429 An audit of single shot regional techniques in paediatric patients at a tertiary orthopaedic hospital","authors":"SL Dsouza, Mark Cooper","doi":"10.1136/rapm-2022-esra.505","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2022-esra.505","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74410,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74062905","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-06-01DOI: 10.1136/rapm-2022-esra.512
E. Bosinci
{"title":"B436 Regional anesthesia in surgery of pediatric patients with congenital syndromes – case series","authors":"E. Bosinci","doi":"10.1136/rapm-2022-esra.512","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2022-esra.512","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74410,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics","volume":"181 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74401973","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-06-01DOI: 10.1136/rapm-2022-esra.510
A. Pereira, A. Dias, AF Félix, M. Pires
{"title":"B434 The role of erector spinae plane block in the post-open abdominal surgery care of a paediatric vacterl patient","authors":"A. Pereira, A. Dias, AF Félix, M. Pires","doi":"10.1136/rapm-2022-esra.510","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2022-esra.510","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74410,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics","volume":"107 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88976283","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-06-01DOI: 10.1136/rapm-2022-esra.517
L. Flouda, F. Aroni, C. Prodromou, E. Kanna, E. Gazelopoulou, E. Garini
{"title":"B441 Ultrasound guided peripheral nerve blocks as a valuable component of analgesia in paediatric cases with liver disease","authors":"L. Flouda, F. Aroni, C. Prodromou, E. Kanna, E. Gazelopoulou, E. Garini","doi":"10.1136/rapm-2022-esra.517","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2022-esra.517","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74410,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics","volume":"16 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72479903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-06-01DOI: 10.1136/rapm-2022-esra.519
A. Chauhan, M. Zaki, E. Chan, I. Ioannou, N. Kelgeri
{"title":"B443 Improving the safety of regional anaesthesia locally in paediatric patients","authors":"A. Chauhan, M. Zaki, E. Chan, I. Ioannou, N. Kelgeri","doi":"10.1136/rapm-2022-esra.519","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2022-esra.519","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74410,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics","volume":"63 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80678522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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