Peer-reviewed article
Factors Associated with Influenza Vaccination Among Children Aged 6 Months to 12 Years - Three Provinces, China, 2024-2025 Influenza Season.
Jiayu He, Zundong Yin, Wenzhou Yu, Lei Cao, Zhaonan Zhang et al. ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This study examined why caregivers in three Chinese provinces do or do not vaccinate their children against influenza. Researchers found that children who had been vaccinated before and whose close contacts were vaccinated were more likely to receive the flu vaccine. The main reason caregivers refused vaccination was concern about how well the vaccine works. The findings can help public health programs design better strategies to increase flu vaccination rates among Chinese children.
Key points
- Influenza vaccine coverage among children in China remains low despite the vaccine's effectiveness
- Prior influenza vaccination in a child was positively associated with receiving vaccination in the 2024-2025 season
- Caregivers' close contacts being vaccinated was positively associated with child vaccination uptake
- Concerns about vaccine efficacy were a key barrier among caregivers who declined vaccination
- The study covered three provinces in China during the 2024-2025 influenza season
Limitations
The document does not provide detailed methodological information such as sample size, study design specifics, or how caregiver concerns were measured. It is unclear whether the study examined other potential barriers or enablers beyond those mentioned.
Abstract
WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ABOUT THIS TOPIC?: Influenza poses a substantial health risk to children. Despite being an effective preventive intervention, influenza vaccine coverage among children in China remains low. WHAT IS ADDED BY THIS REPORT?: This study identified factors associated with caregiver decisions on pediatric influenza vaccination. A child's prior influenza vaccination and caregivers' close contacts being vaccinated were positively associated with uptake. Concerns about vaccine efficacy were key barrier among caregivers who declined vaccination. WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE?: The findings inform interventions to improve childhood influenza vaccination and strengthen prevention and control efforts.
Findings the Hub has extracted
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- Intervention
- Identification and understanding of factors associated with caregiver decisions on pediatric influenza vaccination to inform future public health interventions
- Population
- Children aged 6 months to 12 years and their caregivers in three provinces, China
Key finding
Prior influenza vaccination in a child was positively associated with vaccination uptake
He et al. · PubMed (US National Library of Medicine) · 26 Jun 2026