The Parent Attitudes about Childhood Vaccination against COVID-19 in Tunisia
I. Bouguerra, A. Touiti, W. Askri, S. Hlayem, A. Bouden

TL;DR
This study explores how parents in Tunisia feel about vaccinating their children against COVID-19, finding that most are hesitant or unsure.
Contribution
The study provides insights into parental attitudes toward childhood vaccination against COVID-19 in Tunisia using a localized survey.
Findings
Only 10% of surveyed parents decided to vaccinate their children against COVID-19.
Parents expressed concerns about vaccine safety and effectiveness compared to routine childhood vaccines.
Most parents were hesitant or indecisive due to lack of information and prior infection in children.
Abstract
The vaccination of children and adolescents against covid 19 is an ongoing debate. While in some countries the program of vaccination of children under 12 years old is already implemented, in others the balance of risk and benefits is a dilemma. Parents’ perception and decision about covid vaccination is an important parameter to consider. The ain of this study is to evaluate the parents’ attitude about childhood vaccination against Covid 19 in Tunisia. The “vaccine hesitancy scale (VHS) adopted from WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Immunization” with 8 items translated in tunisian dialect and an additional ten survey idem about the Characteristics of parents and their vaccination status against Covid 19. The survey is distributed on social media groups of parents of tunisian children and adolescents. Thirty parents have answered the survey.More than 80% of the participants were…
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Taxonomy
TopicsVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy · Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare · Child and Adolescent Health
