ArticleAnnals of medicine and surgery (2012)2023
Explore the reasons for SARS-CoV-2 vaccine hesitancy among healthcare workers: a cross-sectional study.
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- COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Ethiopia: a scoping review for equitable vaccine access.Frontiers in health services · 2025Pooled it
- Vaccine hesitancy in context of COVID-19 in East Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Prevalence, nature, and determinants of COVID-19-related conspiracy theories among healthcare workers: a scoping review.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2025Article
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Abstract
Vaccine hesitancy is described by the WHO as "a delay in acceptance or refusal of safe immunizations notwithstanding the availability of vaccine services." In Ethiopia, the cumulative acceptance rate of the COVID-19 vaccination was 57.8%. Ethiopia had a lower rate of COVID-19 vaccination acceptance than was required to create herd immunity. This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of COVID-19 vaccine reluctance and its contributing factors. Based on the findings of the study, recommendations were made to the relevant bodies in order to reduce vaccine hesitancy and increase vaccination acceptability. Objectives: A cross-sectional online-based study was conducted to better understand the reasons for SARS-CoV-2 vaccine hesitancy among healthcare workers (HCWs) in Oromia regional state, Ethiopia. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional survey using an internet platform was conducted from 18 June 2021, to 29 June 2022. A multistage cluster sampling strategy was used to find participants, with each cluster representing a sampling unit made up of a set of population elements. Participants are then randomly chosen from those clusters. The data were entered in Epi Info 7.2.0.1, then exported to Microsoft Excel and imported into statistical programs for social sciences (26.0 version) for statistical analysis. Statistical significance was considered to be a Results: Four hundred twenty-two HCWs completed the online survey. The majority of the HCWs were male ( Conclusion and recommendations: HCWs were reluctant to get the SARS-CoV-2 immunization at a high percentage overall. To reduce hesitancy to receive the SARS-CoV-2 vaccination among HCWs, the Oromia regional state health bureau should be required to increase HCWs' knowledge of the COVID-19 vaccine by providing proper training for all HCWs.
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