COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and attitudes in Pakistan: a cross-sectional phone survey of major urban cities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 mass vaccination is the only hopeful savior to curb the pandemic. Vaccine distribution to achieve herd immunity is hindered by hesitance and negative attitude of the public against COVID-19 vaccination. This study aims to evaluate the vaccine hesitancy and attitudes in major cities in Pakistan as well as their determinants.

Methods

A cross-sectional telephonic survey was conducted in June 2021 in major cities of Pakistan including Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar, and Gilgit, from unvaccinated urban population aged 18 years or older. Random Digit Dialing through multi-stage stratified random sampling was used to ensure representation of each target city and socio-economic classes. Questionnaire collected information on socio-demographics, COVID-19-rel

SUBMITTER: Khan AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10252162 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature