The Mediation Effects of COVID Vaccine Anxiety, Safety, and Fear on the Relationships Between COVID-19 Threat and Efficacy Levels with Parents’ Intent to Vaccinate Children

Given the updated, ongoing recommendations for COVID vaccine series and booster children ages 6 months older yet coverage remaining at less than 50% among children, it is critical public health communicators to understand sources of hesitance parents. A national survey parents identifies mediating effects anxiety, safety, fear on relationships between COVID-19 threat efficacy with behavioral intentions vaccinate. Anxiety mediated both parents’ vaccinate their children. Vaccine decisions themselves. Theoretical applied implications are reviewed.