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High COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Healthcare Workers: Should Such a Trend Require Closer Attention by Policymakers?
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.
- 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
- COVID-19 vaccination intention among nursing, medical, and dental students: A systematic review and meta-regression analysis.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2023Pooled it
- COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: A Systematic review of cognitive determinants.Health promotion perspectives · 2023Pooled it
- Vaccine hesitancy among healthcare professionals: factors associated with continuity of the COVID-19 vaccination schedule.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2026Article
- A scoping review of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: refusal rate, associated factors, and strategies to reduce.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Understanding COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Meghalaya, India: Multiple correspondence and agglomerative hierarchical cluster analyses.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Self-reported side effects of COVID-19 vaccines among health professions students in India.PeerJ · 2024Article
- COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Hesitancy among Healthcare Workers in Lusaka, Zambia; Findings and Implications for the Future.Vaccines · 2023Article
- Determinants of Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccination in Healthcare and Public Health Professionals: A Review.Vaccines · 2023Review
- Acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine among sub-Saharan Africans (SSA): a comparative study of residents and diasporan dwellers.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Evaluation of Short-Term Side Effects Following the First Dose of COVID-19 Vaccines Among Physicians and Dentists: A Cross-Sectional Study from India.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2023Article
- A Bibliometric Analysis of COVID-19 Scientific Literature From the English-Speaking Caribbean.Cureus · 2022Review
- COVID-19 Booster Vaccine Intention by Health Care Workers in Jakarta, Indonesia: Using the Extended Model of Health Behavior Theories.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2022Article
- Prevalence of COVID-19 vaccine reactogenicity among Bangladeshi physicians.FASEB bioAdvances · 2022Article
- Using Integrative Behavior Model to Predict COVID-19 Vaccination Intention among Health Care Workers in Indonesia: A Nationwide Survey.Vaccines · 2022Article
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- Discussion of Health Care Workers Attitudes Toward COVID-19 Vaccination and its Impact on Their Personal and Professional Life.Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives · 2022Article
- Personal protective equipment (PPE) related adverse skin reactions among healthcare workers at the main COVID-19 isolation center in Barbados.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Predictors of unwillingness to receive COVID -19 vaccines among Ethiopian Medical students.PloS one · 2022Article
- Comparison of Predictors of COVID-19 Vaccination Intention Between Healthcare Workers and Non-Healthcare Workers in China.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2021Article
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Abstract
Background The newly developed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines are considered to be a powerful tool to contain the devastating pandemic. Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at the highest risk of exposure to COVID-19 and, therefore, they are the priority group for vaccination. Objectives The study aimed to examine the perceptions, attitudes, and acceptability of the COVID-19 vaccination among HCWs in India. Study design A cross-sectional pilot survey was conducted using an online questionnaire between 13 and 25 January 2021. Results Among 264 respondents, 40.2% of HCWs would receive the vaccine against COVID-19 if available and 32.2% were willing to take the vaccine after observing adverse effects in others. Infected members in the immediate social network (OR:2.15; 95%CI:0.426-10.844), COVID-19 knowledge (OR:5.113; 95%CI:0.974-26.853), the safety of vaccines (OR:7.608; 95%CI:2.618-22.11), and those who did not receive a flu vaccine last year (OR:2.612; 95%CI:1.120-6.091) were found to have a statistically significant association with vaccine acceptance. The main reasons to delay/refuse vaccination included: 'quick vaccine development and compromised quality' (43.7%) and 'lack of trusted information regarding COVID-19' (41.3%). Conclusions The finding showed a high rate of vaccine hesitancy among HCWs. Policymakers should take steps to increase public awareness and secure timely and affordable vaccines for the HCWs and general population with effective vaccine promotion campaigns.
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