Lesson Learned From Parents' Willingness to Covid-19 Vaccination in Children Aged 6 – 11 Years (with the Health Belief Model Approach)

The WHO has revoked the COVID-19 pandemic status, but the disease remains a global health concern. One of the post-pandemic mitigation strategies is vaccination for children aged 6-11 years. Parents' willingness to vaccinate children aged 6-11 years is important to prevent the recurrence of the COVID-19 pandemic or the like. The working area of the Mlandingan Health Center includes areas with low achievement of COVID-19 vaccination in children. This study aims to determine respondents' willingness to vaccinate as a form of prevention against COVID-19 in children aged 6-11 years. This study used a cross sectional study approach. The results of the study were that there was an effect of the education level and ethnicity of the respondents on the willingness to vaccinate COVID-19 in children (p=0.001), while the generation group, gender, and marital status of the respondents had no effect (p>0.05) on the willingness to vaccinate COVID-19 in children aged 6-11 years. Perceived Susceptibility, Severity, Barrier, Benefits, Self-efficacy, and Cues to Action influence children's willingness to vaccinate against COVID-19 with p-value = 0.001. From the results of this study, can be concluded that the parents’ willingness to COVID-19 vaccination in child aged 6-11 years, can be influenced by characteristic and perception of respondens.