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To identify future intervention partners, we sought to understand parents\u2019 role in advocating for and against childhood vaccines.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec002\">\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A nationally representative sample of 1,315 parents of children ages 9\u201312 years participated in our online survey about vaccine advocacy behaviors in 2025. Separate weighted logistic regression models identified correlates of encouraging or discouraging other parents from getting routine vaccines for their children.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Over one-third of parents reported encouraging routine vaccines sometimes or more often (36%), while about one-tenth reported discouraging vaccines (12%). These estimates include a small proportion of parents (6%) who reported both behaviors. Parents with higher confidence in the importance of vaccines for their child\u2019s health were more likely to be encouragers and less likely to be discouragers (both\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u2009.05). Encouragers (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009477) most often advocated for measles (50%) or seasonal flu vaccines (44%). These parents most often engaged family members and close friends, using strategies such as sharing vaccine experiences (47%), information about vaccine effectiveness (38%), and advice or opinions about vaccines (35%). Discouragers (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009151) most often advocated against Covid-19 (53%) or seasonal flu vaccines (41%), with relatively few focusing on measles vaccine (10%). Discouragers engaged similar audiences and strategies as encouragers.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec004\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Findings of our nationally representative study suggest that parents who encourage routine vaccination far outnumber those who discourage it. Given that encouragers often advocate for measles vaccine, future efforts to increase vaccination coverage should consider ways to partner with parent advocates to stem the alarming resurgence of this disease.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0354147","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,23]],"date-time":"2026-07-23T19:03:11Z","timestamp":1784833391000},"page":"e0354147","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.corrections_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Parents\u2019 role as advocates for and against childhood vaccination: Findings from a nationally representative survey"],"prefix":"10.1371","volume":"21","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0004-8916-9351","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Kathryn L.","family":"Kennedy","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tara 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