Abstract Objectives The World Health Organization recognizes that vaccine hesitancy is a
top threat to the public health. To address vaccine hesitancy, much research guided by …

COVID-19 vaccination for children is crucial to achieve herd immunity. This is the first
systematic review and meta-analysis to estimate parents' and guardians' willingness to …

Background Vaccinating children (≤ 17 years old) is important for controlling the COVID-19
pandemic. As parents are primary decision makers for their children, we aimed to assess …

Information and assurance from healthcare workers (HCWs) is reported by laypeople as a
key factor in their decision to get vaccinated. However, previous research has shown that, as …

Vaccine hesitancy is the delay or refusal of vaccination when vaccines are available. Over
the last decade, many reports have suggested that the proliferation of vaccine disinformation …

Background Acceptance of vaccines is an important predictor of vaccine uptake. This has
public health implications as those who are not vaccinated are at a higher risk of infection …

Objectives Immunization is one of the most successful and cost-effective interventions to
improve health outcomes. However, internationally, the phenomenon of parental vaccine …

Background During epidemic crises, some of the information the public receives on social
media is misinformation. Health organizations are required to respond and correct the …

Introduction Published in 2018, the 5C scale is psychometrically validated to assess five
psychological antecedents of vaccination (confidence, complacency, constraints, calculation …

Background Pakistan has a high burden of newborn mortality, which would be significantly
preventable through appropriate routine immunization. The purpose of this study was to …