Home⇛International Journal of Multidisciplinary: Applied Business and Education Research⇛vol. 6 no. 2 (2025)

Socio-Demographic and Parental Acceptability of Covid-19 Pediatric Vaccination of Children with Co-Morbidities

Aiza Lyn D. Pagilagan | Sheree G. Ganzon | Christian Jay S. Orte | Ma. Theresa D. Morales | Ruby Santos Matibag

Discipline: Childhood and Youth Studies

 

Abstract:

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted public health worldwide, with children being a particularly vulnerable population due to their developing immune systems. Children with co-morbidities, such as asthma, diabetes, and other chronic conditions, are at a higher risk of severe outcomes from COVID-19 infection. The study aims to de-termine if the sociodemographic profile attributes may tend to have a relationship in accepting COVID-19 vaccination for parents with chil-dren with co-morbidities. Descriptive-correlational design was used in this study involving 46 participants either the mother or father of the child, Filipino residents near the declared research locale and have chil-dren who were 5 to 11 years of age situated in one municipality in Ba-taan, Philippines recruited using a purposive sampling technique. A self-made non-standardized instrument was used in this study (a=0.78). The gathered data was analyzed using descriptive mean and Spearman Rho. Results indicate that COVID-19 pediatric vaccination is highly acceptable among the respondents (M=3.42, SD=0.34). As such, sex as demographic profile (rs=.486, p=0.001) revealed significant findings regarding parent’s acceptability of COVID-19 pediatric vac-cination. The findings of this study indicated that sex-specific factors may influence vaccine acceptability, and public health strategies should consider tailoring interventions to address these factors to promote COVID-19 vaccination acceptance.



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