Parenting in Risk Society: Vaccine Decision of Parents for Their Children During Covid-19 Pandemics

Year 2023, Volume: 7 Issue: 1, 295 - 311, 31.05.2023

Tuba Duman

https://doi.org/10.33709/ictimaiyat.1255134

Abstract

The current study is a literature review to analyze the parents' burden in deciding to vaccinate their children against COVID-19, during the pandemic while utilizing Ulrich Beck's risk society term. The definition, perception, and experience of risk in society are all important and developing topics of risk studies in the social sciences. According to Beck's idea of risk society, risk is a human construct that takes many forms due to technological advancement and global influence. Parents are primarily responsible for protecting their children against risks that have been amplified or otherwise attenuated. The COVID-19 pandemic has increased parental obligations by making the heightened risk a reality. These responsibilities include preventing contamination and vaccinating children. As the vaccines are promptly developed for a new disease, it is also seen to be risky. The study concludes that the COVID-19 vaccine decision is a recent and significant parental responsibility because of the risk society, which attributes the protection of individuals against primarily human-made and global threats. Moreover, opinions toward vaccination rely on several variables, including confidence in institutions, the health concerns associated with vaccination, and the influence of the virus on young children.

Keywords

Risk Society, Parenting, COVID 19, Pandemics, Vaccine

Risk Toplumunda Ebeveynlik: COVID-19 Pandemisinde Ebeveynlerin Çocukları için Aşı Kararı

Abstract

Çalışmamız, Ulrich Beck'in risk toplumu teriminden yararlanarak, pandemi sırasında ebeveynlerin çocukları için COVID-19 aşısını seçerken yaşadıkları yükü analiz etmek ve anlamak amacıyla gerçekleştirilen bir literatür taramasıdır. Toplumda riskin tanımı, algısı ve deneyimi, sosyal bilimlerdeki risk çalışmalarında önemli ve gelişmekte olan konulardır. Beck'in risk toplumu konseptine göre risk, teknolojik ilerleme ve globalleşme sonucu insan yapısı olan ve pek çok çeşidi bulunan bir yapıdadır. Ebeveynler, çocuklarını arttırılan (abartılan) veya azaltılmış risklere karşı korumaktan birincil derecede sorumludur. COVID-19 salgını artırılan riski gerçeğe dönüştürerek ebeveyn yükümlülüklerini artırmıştır. Bu sorumluluklar arasında bulaşısının önlenmesi ve çocukların aşılanması yer almaktadır. Yeni bir hastalık için hızlı geliştirilen bir aşı olduğu için aşının da riskli olduğu görülmektedir. Çalışmanın sonuçlarına göre, COVID-19 aşı kararı, bireylerin insan yapımı ve global risklere karşı korunması yükümlülüğünü bireylere bırakan risk toplumu çerçevesinde, ebeveynlere yeni ve önemli bir sorumluk getirmektedir. Ayrıca aşılamaya yönelik kararlar, kurumlara duyulan güven, virüsün ve aşının küçük çocuklar üzerindeki etkisi gibi sağlıkla ilgili kaygılar dahil olmak üzere bir dizi değişkene dayanmaktadır.

Keywords

Risk Society, Parenting, COVID 19, Pandemics, Vaccine

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