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Pediatr."],"abstract":"<jats:sec><jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title><jats:p>To investigate the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) towards pediatric vitamin D deficiency (VitD) among parents and explore the risk factors of their knowledge, attitude, and practice.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>This cross-sectional study enrolled parents in our Hospital between November 2022 and January 2023.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 621 valid questionnaires were collected in this study. The knowledge, attitude, and practice scores were 6.13\u2009\u00b1\u20093.07 (theoretical score range: 0\u201313), 31.13\u2009\u00b1\u20096.20 (theoretical score range: 9\u201345), and 27.47\u2009\u00b1\u20094.21 (theoretical score range: 9\u201345), respectively; the mean knowledge score was &amp;lt;60%, indicating poor knowledge. Commercial and service industry workers and a monthly income \u22655,000 CNY were independently associated with sufficient knowledge (all <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.05). The knowledge score, ethnic minorities, divorced\/widows, and spouses with a master's degree or above were independently associated with positive attitudes (all <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.05). The attitude score, female, non-urban, undergraduate education, commercial and service industry worker, and office worker were independently associated with proactive practice (all <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.05). Those characteristics could help design future KAP interventions on vitD deficiency.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study demonstrated poor knowledge, positive attitude, and proactive practice regarding pediatric VitD deficiency among parents. 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