Predictors and barriers to vaccination among older Syrian refugees in Lebanon: a cross-sectional analysis of a multi-wave longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vaccination is important to prevent morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19 among older Syrian refugees. We aimed to elucidate the predictors of COVID-19 vaccine uptake among Syrian refugees aged 50 years or older in Lebanon and to understand their main reasons for not receiving the vaccine.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional analysis of a five-wave longitudinal study, conducted through telephone interviews between Sept 22, 2020, and March 14, 2022, in Lebanon. For this analysis, data were extracted from wave 3 (Jan 21-April 23, 2021), which included a question on vaccine safety and on whether participants intended to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, and wave 5 (Jan 14-March 14, 2022), which included questions on actual vaccine uptake. Syrian refugees aged 50 years o

SUBMITTER: Abi Zeid B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10162834 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature