S1(2020 Azizi FSM, Kew Y, Moy FM. Vaccine hesitancy among parents in a multi-ethnic country, Malaysia. Vaccine. 2017;35(22):2955-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.04.010 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.0...
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Assess the Parent Attitudes about Childhood Vaccines (PACV) questionnaire test-retest reliability in Malay and determine the prevalence of VH among parents and its associations with sociodemographic characteristics. |
Parents aged 18 years or older, with at least one child under the age of seven, or pregnant women who visited the pediatric and/or antenatal clinics during data collection |
545 participants |
S2(2121 Longitudinal Trends in Vaccine Hesitancy in a Cohort of Mothers Surveyed in Washington State, 2013-2015. Public Health Rep. 2017;132(4):451-4. https://doi.org/10.1177/0033354917711175 https://doi.org/10.1177/0033354917711175...
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Assess trends in parental VH during the first two years of their children’s lives in a cohort of mothers in Washington state. |
Mothers of children up to two years old |
237 mothers |
S3(2222 Repalust A, Šević S, Rihtar S, Štulhofer A. Childhood vaccine refusal and hesitancy intentions in Croatia: insights from a population-based study. Psychol Health Med. 2017;22(9):1045-55. https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2016.1263756 https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2016.12...
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Estimate the prevalence and sociodemographic and sociocultural determinants of refusal intentions and childhood VH among Croatian adults. |
Individuals aged between 18 and 88 years |
1,000 participants |
S4(2323 Brown AL, Sperandio M, Turssi CP, Leite RMA, Berton VF, Succi RM, et al. Vaccine confidence and hesitancy in Brazil. Cad Saude Publica. 2018;34(9):e00011618. https://doi.org/10.1590/0102-311X00011618 https://doi.org/10.1590/0102-311X0001161...
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Assess confidence and VH in Brazil as part of a broader project to map vaccine confidence worldwide. |
Graduated dental surgeons, parents/companions of children who attended oral health outpatient clinics during data collection |
952 participants |
S5(2424 Hu Y, Chen Y, Wang Y, Liang H. Measuring childhood vaccination acceptance of mother in Zhejiang province, East China. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2019;15(2):287-94. https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2018.1526557 https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2018.15...
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Assess VH among mothers and examine risk factors associated with maternal intention to vaccinate in Zhejiang Province. |
Mothers of children aged 24 to 35 months |
770 mothers |
S6(2525 Alsubaie SS, Gosadi IM, Alsaadi BM, Albacker NB, Bawazir MA, Bin-Daud N, et al. Vaccine hesitancy among Saudi parents and its determinants. Saudi Med J. 2019;40(12):1242-50. https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.12.24653 https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.12.246...
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Assess the prevalence of VH and its determinants among Saudi parents. |
Parents who attended an outpatient pediatric clinic during the data collection period |
500 participants |
S7(2626 Bianco A, Mascaro V, Zucco R, Pavia M. Parent perspectives on childhood vaccination: how to deal with vaccine hesitancy and refusal?. Vaccine. 2019;37:984-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.12.062 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.1...
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Assess attitudes about childhood vaccines and vaccine refusal or delay among parents and assess the role played by variables mapped as potential determinants. |
Parents of students aged up to five who attended kindergartens during the data collection period |
575 participants |
S8(2727 Chang K, Lee SY. Why do some Korean parents hesitate to vaccinate their children?. Epidemiol Health. 2019;41:e2019031. https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2019031 https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2019031...
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Study the reasons why some Korean parents hesitate to vaccinate their children, applying the health belief model. |
Parents of children attending alternative education preschools and primary schools during the data collection period |
141 participants |
S9(2828 Díaz Crescitelli ME, Ghirotto L, Sisson H, Sarli L, Artioli G, Bassi MC, et al. A meta-synthesis study of the key elements involved in childhood vaccine hesitancy. Public Health. 2020;180:38-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2019.10.027 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2019.10.0...
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Summarize the evidence on VH in childhood from the perspective of parents. |
Qualitative articles focused on vaccine refusal and VH |
27 articles |
S10(2929 Syiroj ATR, Pardosi JF, Heywood AE. Exploring parents’ reasons for incomplete childhood immunisation in Indonesia. Vaccine. 2019;37(43):6486-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.08.081 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.0...
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Explore the underlying factors behind why Indonesian parents choose not to immunize or partially immunize their children. |
Parents or guardians of partially and intentionally unvaccinated children |
16 participants |
S11(3030 Migriño Junior J, Gayados B, Birol KRJ, De Jesus L, Lopez CW, Mercado WC, et al. Factors affecting vaccine hesitancy among families with children 2 years old and younger in two urban communities in Manila, Philippines. Western Pac Surveill Response J. 2020;11(2):20-6. https://doi.org/10.5365/wpsar.2019.10.2.006 https://doi.org/10.5365/wpsar.2019.10.2....
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Determine factors influencing VH among parents and caregivers of children aged two years and younger in selected urban communities in Manila. |
Parents and caregivers of children up to two years of age |
110 participants |
S12(3131 Olson O, Berry C, Kumar N. Addressing parental vaccine hesitancy towards childhood vaccines in the united states: a systematic literature review of communication interventions and strategies. Vaccines. 2020;8(4);1-25. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines8040590 https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines8040590...
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Develop a catalog of interventions and health communication strategies to address and prevent parental VH. |
Articles published from January 2008 to October 2019 |
75 articles |
S13(3232 Alqahtani YA, Almutairi KH, Alqahtani YM, Almutlaq AH, Asiri AA. Prevalence and Determinants of Vaccine Hesitancy in Aseer Region, Saudi Arabia. Clin Basic Res. 2021;21(4):532-38. https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.4.2021.023 https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.4.2021.02...
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Assess the general population’s knowledge of vaccines to determine the prevalence of VH in the Aseer region, southern Saudi Arabia. |
Parents from the Aseer region, Saudi Arabia |
796 participants |
S14(3333 Chung-Delgado K, Venero JEV, Vu TM. Vaccine Hesitancy: Characteristics of the Refusal of Childhood Vaccination in a Peruvian Population. Cureus. 2021;13(3):e14105. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14105 https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14105...
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Investigate the characteristics of the vaccination decision-making process that may result in the refusal of childhood immunization in parents from Lima, Peru. |
Parents or guardians of children treated at a private pediatric practice |
552 participants |
S15(3434 Thapar R, Kumar N, Surendran P, Shahdiya A, Mahendran V, Ramesh R, et al. Vaccine hesitancy among mothers of under-five children in Coastal South India: a facility-based crosssectional study. F1000Research. 2021;10:1-18. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.28293.3 https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.2...
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Identify the prevalence and reasons for VH among mothers of children under five in Mangalore. |
Mothers of children under five |
172 participants |
S16(3535 Dasgupta P, Bhattacherjee S, Mukherjee A, Dasgupta S. Vaccine Hesitancy for Childhood Vaccinations in Slum Areas of Siliguri, India. Indian J Public Health. 2018;62:253-8. https://doi.org/10.4103/ijph.IJPH_397_17 https://doi.org/10.4103/ijph.IJPH_397_17...
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Discover the proportion and factors that contribute to VH, in childhood vaccination, in slums of the city of Siliguri. |
Parents of children under five years of age |
194 participants |
S17(3636 Çelik K, Turan S, Üner S. I’m a mother, therefore I question”: Parents’ legitimation sources of and hesitancy towards early childhood vaccination. Soc Sci Med. 2021;282:114132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114132 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021...
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Understand how mothers decide about childhood immunization and the attitudes, perceptions and beliefs underlying these decisions. |
Mothers of children under five years of age |
23 participants |
S18(3737 Ilter H, Demir LS. Opinions of parents concerning childhood vaccine refusal. Gulhane Med J. 2021;63:96-103. https://doi.org/10.4274/gulhane.galenos.2020.1312 https://doi.org/10.4274/gulhane.galenos....
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Reveal the opinions, knowledge and attitudes of parents who refuse childhood vaccination. |
Parents of children under four years of age |
590 participants |