Home⇛The PCMC Journal⇛vol. 20 no. 2 (2024)

Covid-19 hesitancy among adolescents: a systematic review

Mary Roseanne Munoz | Alicia Tamesis

Discipline: medicine by specialism

 

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE: Vaccine hesitancy has been a public health issue for some time now, but gained more attention during COVID-19 pandemic. This systematic review aimed to estimate the prevalence of COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy and identify factors affecting it among adolescents. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P 2020) was used. A search was performed in PubMed/MEDLINE, EMBASE, Google Scholar, Herdin, and Cochrane databases on September 2023 using the key words: (COVID-19 OR SARS-COV OR corona virus) AND (Vaccination OR immunization) AND (adolescence OR teenagers OR youth) AND (hesitancy OR acceptance). Observational studies which determined the prevalence or risk factors for COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among adolescents aged 10-19 years old were included. RESULTS: There were 5 good quality cross-sectional studies included. The prevalence of adolescents who did not want to be vaccinated ranged between 8.4% and 61.0%; while the prevalence of being unsure if they want to be vaccinated was between 31.6% and 88.0%. Factors associated with vaccine hesitancy included being economically disadvantaged, not having influenza vaccination, worrying about its effectiveness and safety, and low perceived necessity. CONCLUSION: There is good quality evidence that COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy exists among adolescents. It is recommended that health workers should conduct information and education campaigns to iterate the effectiveness, safety, and misconceptions about of COVID-19 vaccination. Vaccination programs should also reach out to economically disadvantaged adolescents, and tapping parents and social media may be an effective strategy to improve vaccination acceptance among adolescents.



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