ArticleInternational journal of nursing knowledge2022
Qualitative examination of the attitudes of healthcare workers in Turkey regarding COVID-19 vaccines.
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- COVID-19 Vaccination Acceptance and Hesitancy in Healthcare Workers and the General Population: A Systematic Review and Policy Recommendations.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Pooled it
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- Qualitative assessment of COVID-19 vaccination acceptance among healthcare workers in Pima County.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2023Article
- To Get Vaccinated or Not? The Vaccination Decision-Making by Healthcare Professionals Working in Haematology: A Qualitative Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Qualitative evaluation of reasons for healthcare professionals being unvaccinated against COVID-19.Zeitschrift fur Gesundheitswissenschaften = Journal of public health · 2023Article
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- Multifactorial influences underpinning a decision on COVID-19 vaccination among healthcare workers: a qualitative analysis.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2022Article
- Experience of COVID-19 Vaccination among Primary Healthcare Workers in Hong Kong: A Qualitative Study.Vaccines · 2022Article
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- Qualitative examination of the attitudes of healthcare workers in Turkey regarding COVID-19 vaccines.International journal of nursing knowledge · 2022Article
- Motivators and barriers to COVID-19 vaccination of healthcare workers in Latvia.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Information Framing Effect on Public's Intention to Receive the COVID-19 Vaccination in China.Vaccines · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposeThe attitudes of healthcare workers toward COVID-19 vaccines ensure that health services are able to run without interruption and potentially have a role in the messaging about vaccination that they convey to the public. Hence, healthcare workers' attitudes ultimately have a significant role in controlling the pandemic. This study aimed to qualitatively investigate the attitudes of healthcare workers in Turkey in relation to COVID-19 vaccines.
methodsThe study used the phenomenological approach. The sample consisted of 36 healthcare workers who were employed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data were collected online using focus group interviews. A total of four focus group interviews were conducted.
findingsFollowing analysis of the data, the attitudes of healthcare workers in Turkey toward the COVID-19 vaccine were divided into three themes: "influencing factors," "priority group" and "trust."
conclusionsVaccination was found to create negative emotions among some of the healthcare workers. Their opinions about the COVID-19 vaccines were affected by the negative emotions and burnout they experienced during the pandemic. In addition, they saw the vaccination process as impacted by contraindications and uncertainty about the duration of the protection, the balance of the benefits and harm of the vaccines, and by vaccine myths and prejudices about the country where the vaccine was developed. Healthcare professionals expressed the need for trust to be established in the whole vaccination process. They suggested that different vaccine options should be offered, that the appointment and process notification system for vaccination should be improved, that evidence-based information about vaccines should be provided and that a safe environment should be created. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Vaccine hesitancy can be addressed by careful attention to the application of vaccination programs, correct and effective use of social media, transparent, and precise management of political processes, and the provision of evidence-based information about the vaccines.
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