Parental hesitancy on COVID-19 vaccination of children under the age of 16: A cross-sectional mixed-methods study among factory workers

Kyaw Thiha Aung; Ye Minn Htun; Zin Lin Htet; Yan Naing Myint Soe; Phyo Ko Ko; Win Oo; May Soe Aung; Tun Tun Win

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0327056

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Parental hesitancy on COVID-19 vaccination of children under the age of 16: A cross-sectional mixed-methods study among factory workers

Kyaw Thiha Aung,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Prevention and Research Development of Hepatitis, AIDS and Other Viral Diseases, Health and Disease Control Unit, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
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Ye Minn Htun ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: dryeminnhtun85@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Prevention and Research Development of Hepatitis, AIDS and Other Viral Diseases, Health and Disease Control Unit, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9706-9834

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Zin Lin Htet,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Prevention and Research Development of Hepatitis, AIDS and Other Viral Diseases, Health and Disease Control Unit, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
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Yan Naing Myint Soe,

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Prevention and Research Development of Hepatitis, AIDS and Other Viral Diseases, Health and Disease Control Unit, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
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Phyo Ko Ko,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Defence Services Medical Academy, Yangon, Myanmar
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Win Oo,

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Defence Services Medical Academy, Yangon, Myanmar
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May Soe Aung,

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Medicine (1), Yangon, Myanmar

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0861-9399

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Tun Tun Win

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Defence Services Medical Academy, Yangon, Myanmar
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Parental hesitancy on COVID-19 vaccination of children under the age of 16: A cross-sectional mixed-methods study among factory workers

Kyaw Thiha Aung,
Ye Minn Htun,
Zin Lin Htet,
Yan Naing Myint Soe,
Phyo Ko Ko,
Win Oo,
May Soe Aung,
Tun Tun Win

Published: June 26, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0327056

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