Vaccine hesitancy among physicians: a qualitative study with general practitioners and paediatricians in Austria and Germany.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aims to understand reasons for vaccine hesitancy (VH) among general practioners (GPs) and paediatricians. We aim to analyse how and when the healthcare workers (HCWs) developed vaccine-hesitant views and how they transfer these to patients.

Design and setting

Semistructured interviews with vaccine-hesitant GPs and paediatricians were conducted in Austria and Germany using an explorative qualitative research design.

Participants

We contacted 41 physicians through letters and emails and 10 agreed to participate, five were male and five female.

Data collection and analysis

Ten interviews were recorded, transcribed verbatim and anonymised. The material was analysed inductively following a grounded theory approach with open coding using the soft

SUBMITTER: Wojczewski S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10806645 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature