Attitudes of Parents with Vaccine Hesitancy and Refusal After COVID-19

Objective: Vaccine hesitancy is a delay in vaccine acceptance despite the presence of vaccine service or rejection of specific vaccines. This study was conducted to determine the attitudes of parents with vaccine hesitancy and vaccine rejection toward vaccine after COVID-19 and the affecting factors. Materials and Methods: The present cross sectional study was conducted with 147 parents, who were contacted through vaccine-related health records, had not gotten their children vaccinated or refused to complete the vaccination of their children during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019 and 2020. Data were collected using the Descriptive Characteristics Questionnaire and the Vaccine Hesitancy Scale. Results: Of the parents, 71.4% stated that they had made the decision of not getting their children vaccinated after one vaccine or a few vaccines. In the study, attitudes toward vaccine had changed positively in 23.8% of the parents after COVID-19. It was determined that the parents’ being mother or father, educational status and number of children significantly affected the Vaccine Hesitancy Scale score (p