scispace - formally typeset
Open AccessJournal ArticleDOI

Vaccine hesitancy: the next challenge in the fight against COVID-19.

TLDR
It is indicated that healthcare staff involved in the care of COVID-19 positive patients, and individuals considering themselves at risk of disease, were more likely to self-report acquiescence to CO VID-19 vaccination if and when available, and parents, nurses, and medical workers not caring for SARS-CoV-2 positive patients expressed higher levels of vaccine hesitancy.
Abstract
Vaccine hesitancy remains a barrier to full population inoculation against highly infectious diseases. Coincident with the rapid developments of COVID-19 vaccines globally, concerns about the safety of such a vaccine could contribute to vaccine hesitancy. We analyzed 1941 anonymous questionnaires completed by healthcare workers and members of the general Israeli population, regarding acceptance of a potential COVID-19 vaccine. Our results indicate that healthcare staff involved in the care of COVID-19 positive patients, and individuals considering themselves at risk of disease, were more likely to self-report acquiescence to COVID-19 vaccination if and when available. In contrast, parents, nurses, and medical workers not caring for SARS-CoV-2 positive patients expressed higher levels of vaccine hesitancy. Interventional educational campaigns targeted towards populations at risk of vaccine hesitancy are therefore urgently needed to combat misinformation and avoid low inoculation rates.

read more

Content maybe subject to copyright    Report

Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI

COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Worldwide: A Concise Systematic Review of Vaccine Acceptance Rates.

TL;DR: A systematic search of the peer-reviewed English survey literature indexed in PubMed was done on 25 December 2020 as discussed by the authors to provide an up-to-date assessment of COVID-19 vaccination acceptance rates worldwide.
Journal ArticleDOI

COVID-19 Vaccination Hesitancy in the United States: A Rapid National Assessment.

TL;DR: This paper conducted a comprehensive and systematic national assessment of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in a community-based sample of the American adult population, where a multi-item valid and reliable questionnaire was deployed online via mTurk and social media sites to recruit U.S adults from the general population.
Journal ArticleDOI

COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy in low- and middle-income countries.

Julio S. Solís Arce, +80 more
- 16 Jul 2021 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed COVID-19 vaccine acceptance across 15 survey samples covering 10 low and middle-income countries (LMICs) in Asia, Africa and South America, Russia (an upper-middle-income country) and the United States, including a total of 44,260 individuals.
Journal ArticleDOI

Vaccine hesitancy in the era of COVID-19.

G. Troiano, +1 more
- 04 Mar 2021 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of vaccine hesitancy during the COVID-19 pandemic was conducted, with a particular focus on vaccine hesitance toward COVID19 vaccine.
Journal ArticleDOI

Confidence and Receptivity for COVID-19 Vaccines: A Rapid Systematic Review

TL;DR: In this paper, a review compared trends and synthesized findings in vaccination receptivity over time across US and international polls, assessing survey design influences and evaluating context to inform policies and practices.
References
Related Papers (5)
Trending Questions (1)
What a strong reaction to Covid vaccine may signal?

Coincident with the rapid developments of COVID-19 vaccines globally, concerns about the safety of such a vaccine could contribute to vaccine hesitancy.