Published on in Vol 11 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/67487, first published .
Vaccine Hesitancy and Associated Factors Among Caregivers of Children With Special Health Care Needs in the COVID-19 Era in China: Cross-Sectional Study

Vaccine Hesitancy and Associated Factors Among Caregivers of Children With Special Health Care Needs in the COVID-19 Era in China: Cross-Sectional Study

Vaccine Hesitancy and Associated Factors Among Caregivers of Children With Special Health Care Needs in the COVID-19 Era in China: Cross-Sectional Study

Mingyan Li   1 * , MD ;   Changxuan Sun   2 * , MSc ;   Chai Ji   1 , MD ;   Meiying Gao   1 , MSc ;   Xia Wang   1 , MSc ;   Dan Yao   1 , MD ;   Junxia Guo   1 , MSc ;   Lidan Sun   1 , MA ;   Abdul Rafay   3 , HS ;   Antonita Shereen George   4 , MBBS ;   Sanduni Hasara Samararathna Samararathna Muhandiramge   4 , MBBS ;   Guannan Bai   1 , PhD

1 Department of Child Health Care, Children’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou, China

2 The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Medical Center of Soochow University, Suzhou Dushu Lake Hospital, Suzhou, China

3 School of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

4 First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China

*these authors contributed equally

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  • Guannan Bai, PhD
  • Department of Child Health Care, Children’s Hospital
  • Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health
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