Trial reportPloS one2022
COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and rejection in an adult population in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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- The Politics of Covid-19 Vaccination Hesitancy in Southeastern Europe.Comparative Southeast European studies · 2024Article
- "Why would we?" A qualitative study on COVID-19 vaccination decision making among Ukrainian economic female migrants in Poland.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- [Refusal and hesitation regarding vaccination against COVID-19 in Douala, Cameroon].The Pan African medical journal · 2024Article
- Precise and insufficient scientific endeavour: COVID-19 pandemic experience from Bosnia and Herzegovina.Journal of global health · 2023Article
- Determinants of COVID-19 immunisation uptake in a country with high mortality and a low vaccination rate.Journal of infection and public health · 2023Article
- Attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination and intention to get vaccinated in Western Balkans: cross-sectional survey.European journal of public health · 2023Article
- Awareness and Acceptance for COVID-19 Booster Dose Vaccination among Residents of Saudi Arabia: Findings of a Cross-Sectional Study.Vaccines · 2023Article
- A scoping review on the decision-making dynamics for accepting or refusing the COVID-19 vaccination among adolescent and youth populations.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Barriers and Facilitators to COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake among Polish Patients: A Qualitative Interview Study.Vaccines · 2023Article
- In the Face of a Pandemic: "I Felt the Same as When the War Started"-A Qualitative Study on COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance in Bosnia and Herzegovina.International journal of public health · 2023Article
- COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy worldwide and its associated factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Science in One Health · 2023Review
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- Health literacy on COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccinations in Indonesia.F1000Research · 2022Article
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8 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundBosnia and Herzegovina is among ten countries in the world with the highest mortality rate due to COVID-19. Lack of lockdown, open borders, high mortality rate, no vaccination plan, and strong domestic anti-vaccination movement present serious COVID-19 concerns in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In such circumstances, we set out to study 1) the willingness of general public to receive the vaccine, 2) factors that affect vaccine rejection, and 3) motivation for vaccine acceptance.
methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted among 10471 adults in Bosnia and Herzegovina to assess the acceptance or rejection of participants toward COVID-19 vaccination. Using a logistic regression model, we examined the associations of sociodemographic characteristics with vaccine rejection, reasons for vaccine hesitancy, preferred vaccine manufacturer, and information sources.
resultsSurprisingly, only 25.7% of respondents indicated they would like to get a COVID-19 vaccine, while 74.3% of respondents were either hesitant or completely rejected vaccination. The vaccine acceptance increased with increasing age, education, and income level. Major motivation of pro-vaccination behavior was intention to achieve collective immunity (30.1%), while the leading incentive for vaccine refusal was deficiency of clinical data (30.2%). The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is shown to be eightfold more preferred vaccine compared to the other manufacturers. For the first time in Bosnia, vaccine acceptance among health care professionals has been reported, where only 39.4% of healthcare professionals expressed willingness to get vaccinated.
conclusionWith the high share of the population unwilling to vaccinate, governmental impotence in securing the vaccines supplies, combined with the lack of any lockdown measures suggests that Bosnia and Herzegovina is unlikely to put COVID-19 pandemic under control in near future.
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