ReviewTropical medicine and infectious disease2023
Why Some People Are Hesitant to Receive COVID-19 Boosters: A Systematic Review.
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43 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 53 citations in OpenAlex.
- The determinants of COVID-19 vaccination intention: a meta-review.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- Influencing Canadian young adults to receive additional COVID-19 vaccination shots: the efficacy of brief video interventions focusing on altruism and individualism.Frontiers in public health · 2024Trial
- The syndemic nexus: How vaccine hesitancy and COVID-19 interact to influence vaccine uptake among university students.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2026Article
- Understanding the practices and perceptions of Chinese older adults towards vaccination in the context of COVID-19: A qualitative study in Anhui Province.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2026Article
- Characteristics of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in university students: Methodological insights from a syndemic perspective.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2026Article
- 'I took the vaccine to protect myself': determinants of COVID-19 vaccine confidence in Indigenous communities in Northwest Territories, Canada.Health promotion international · 2026Article
- Determinants and Dynamics of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in University Students: A Machine Learning Analysis.Vaccines · 2026Article
- Willingness to receive a COVID-19 booster vaccine: the role of health literacy and the 7Cs model.European journal of public health · 2026Article
- Factors associated with COVID-19 booster dose uptake in the Jazan region, Saudi Arabia: insights for policy improvement during pandemics.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Age and vaccine information sources drive vaccine hesitancy: A household survey in Central-Western Brazil.PloS one · 2026Article
- Considering the impact of vaccine communication in the COVID-19 pandemic among adults in Canada: A qualitative study of lessons learned for future vaccine campaigns.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2025Article
- Underreporting of Adverse Events Following COVID-19 Vaccination Among Healthcare Professionals in Poland: Potential Implications for Vaccine Hesitancy.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2025Article
- Sociodemographic Inequalities in COVID-19 Booster Dose Vaccination Coverage: a Retrospective Study of 196 Provinces in Peru.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Challenges in coverage of future hepatitis C vaccines: Review and potential solutions.Vaccine · 2025Review
- The Effects of General Mental Health Symptomatology, COVID Anxiety, and Sociodemographic Factors on Pandemic-Induced Negative and Positive Trauma Effects: A Polish Survey from the Late Stages of the Pandemic.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Optimal Annual COVID-19 Vaccine Boosting Dates Following Previous Booster Vaccination or Breakthrough Infection.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2025Article
- Delay discounting predicts COVID-19 vaccine booster willingness.Cognitive research: principles and implications · 2025Article
- The role of interdependent self-construal in mitigating the effect of conspiratorial beliefs on vaccine acceptance.The British journal of social psychology · 2025Article
- The evolution of vaccine hesitancy through the COVID-19 pandemic: A semi-structured interview study on booster and bivalent doses.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2024Article
- Willingness to Receive COVID-19 Booster Dose Using the Health Belief Model (HBM) Among University Students: Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues and transitions to an endemic stage, booster vaccines will play an important role in personal and public health. However, convincing people to take boosters continues to be a key obstacle. This study systematically analyzed research that examined the predictors of COVID-19 booster vaccine hesitancy. A search of PubMed, Medline, CINAHL, Web of Science, and Scopus uncovered 42 eligible studies. Globally, the average COVID-19 booster vaccination hesitancy rate was 30.72%. Thirteen key factors influencing booster hesitancy emerged from the literature: demographics (gender, age, education, income, occupation, employment status, ethnicity, and marital status), geographical influences (country, region, and residency), adverse events, perceived benefit/efficacy, perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, prior history of COVID-19 infection, vaccination status, vaccination recommendations, health status, knowledge and information, skepticism/distrust/conspiracy theories, and vaccine type. Vaccine communication campaigns and interventions for COVID boosters should focus on factors influencing booster confidence, complacency, and convenience.
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