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Essential Workers' COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy, Misinformation, and Informational Needs in the Republic of North Macedonia.

Stephen P Fucaloro, Vahe S Yacoubian, Rachael Piltch-Loeb, Nigel Walsh Harriman, Tea Burmaz, Metodi Hadji-Janev, Elena Savoia

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Article in Vaccines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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7 authors.

Stephen P FucaloroEmergency Preparedness Research Evaluation & Practice Program, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 90 Smith Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Vahe S YacoubianEmergency Preparedness Research Evaluation & Practice Program, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 90 Smith Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Rachael Piltch-LoebEmergency Preparedness Research Evaluation & Practice Program, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 90 Smith Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Nigel Walsh HarrimanEmergency Preparedness Research Evaluation & Practice Program, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 90 Smith Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2545-0174
Tea BurmazDepartment of Hygiene and Public Health, Local Health Unit 3 Serenissima, 30100 Venice, Italy.
Metodi Hadji-JanevMilitary Academy, "General Mihailo Apostolski"-Skopje, Ul. "Vasko Karangeleski bb", University "Goce Delcev Shtip", 1000 Skopje, North Macedonia.
Elena SavoiaEmergency Preparedness Research Evaluation & Practice Program, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 90 Smith Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in over 5.2 million deaths. Vaccine hesitancy remains a public health challenge, especially in Eastern Europe. Our study used a sample of essential workers living in the Republic of North Macedonia to: (1) Describe rates of vaccine hesitancy and risk perception of COVID-19; (2) Explore predictors of vaccine hesitancy; and (3) Describe the informational needs of hesitant and non-hesitant workers. A phone survey was administered in North Macedonia from 4−16 May 2021. Logistic regression explored associations of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy with sociodemographic characteristics, non-COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, previous diagnosis of COVID-19, and individual risk perception of contracting COVID-19. Chi-squared analyses compared differences in informational needs by hesitancy status. Of 1003 individuals, 44% were very likely to get the vaccine, and 56% reported some level of hesitancy. Older age, Albanian ethnicity, increased education, previous COVID-19 diagnosis, acceptance of other vaccines, and increased risk perception of COVID-19 infection were negatively associated with vaccine hesitancy. Results indicated significant differences in top informational needs by hesitancy status. The top informational needs of the hesitant were the freedom to choose to be vaccinated without consequences (57% vs. 42%, p < 0.01) and that all main international agencies recommended the vaccine (35% vs. 24%, p < 0.01).

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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancyinformational needsmisinformationNorth Macedonia

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PMCPMC8950427

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