ReviewVaccines2023
Healthcare Workers' Attitudes towards Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Review in Vaccines, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2024Pooled it
- Mpox vaccine acceptance among healthcare workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Attitudes to mandatory COVID-19 vaccination in early life: findings from the multi-country cross-sectional CANDOUR study.Health promotion international · 2026Article
- An open repository of COVID-19 vaccine mandate studies with a worked scoping review of quasi-experimental evidence.NPJ vaccines · 2026Article
- The impact of vaccine beliefs on the COVID-19 vaccination among Polish medical staff and students: A cross-sectional study.Medicine · 2026Article
- Moral injury in healthcare workers: causes & interventions.British medical bulletin · 2026Review
- 'When I had concerns about my own patients…I was told to keep quiet': experiences of moral injury among healthcare workers under Covid-19 vaccine mandates in Alberta, Canada.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2026Article
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- A Quantitative Study on Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake in a Mandatory Vaccination Workplace Setting in South Africa.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Impacts of State COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates for Health Care Workers on Health Sector Employment in the United States.American journal of public health · 2025Article
- Diverse roles of Primary Health Care in COVID-19 vaccination across 28 European countries - Insights from the Eurodata study.The European journal of general practice · 2024Article
- COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among medical students, health professionals, and health care workers: an umbrella review.Clinical and experimental vaccine research · 2024Review
- State COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates and Uptake Among Health Care Workers in the US.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- SARS-CoV-2 vaccine breakthrough infection and the evaluation of safety precaution practice before and after vaccination among healthcare workers in South West, Nigeria.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Implementing a Successful Influenza and Updated COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign Among Healthcare Workers in a Delaware Healthcare Facility.Delaware journal of public health · 2024Article
- Insight into pharmacy students' perspectives on mandatory COVID-19 vaccines in schools and healthcare settings.Therapeutic advances in vaccines and immunotherapy · 2024Article
- Insights into the Transmission, Host Range, Genomics, Vaccination, and Current Epidemiology of the Monkeypox Virus.Veterinary medicine international · 2024Review
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on behavioral changes in healthcare workers in Italy.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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Authors and funding
6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundCOVID-19 vaccine mandates are considered a controversial public health policy both in public debate and among healthcare workers (HCWs). Thus, the objective of this systematic review is to give a deep insight into HCWs' views and attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination mandates amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
methodsA systematic literature search of five databases (PubMed, Scopus, Embase, CINAHL, and Web of Science) was conducted between July 2022 and November 2022. Original quantitative studies that addressed the attitudes of HCWs regarding COVID-19 vaccine mandates were considered eligible for this systematic review. All the included studies (n = 57) were critically appraised and assessed for risk of systematic bias. Meta-analyses were performed, providing a pooled estimate of HCWs' acceptance towards COVID-19 vaccine mandates for: 1. HCWs and 2. the general population.
resultsIn total, 64% (95% CI: 55%, 72%) of HCWs favored COVID-19 vaccine mandates for HCWs, while 50% (95% CI: 38%, 61%) supported mandating COVID-19 vaccines for the general population.
conclusionsOur findings indicate that mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 is a highly controversial issue among HCWs. The present study provides stakeholders and policy makers with useful evidence related to the compulsory or non-compulsory nature of COVID-19 vaccinations for HCWs and the general population. Other: The protocol used in this review is registered on PROSPERO with the ID number: CRD42022350275.
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