The evolution of vaccine hesitancy through the COVID-19 pandemic: A semi-structured interview study on booster and bivalent doses.

ABSTRACT: We sought in-depth understanding on the evolution of factors influencing COVID-19 booster dose and bivalent vaccine hesitancy in a longitudinal semi-structured interview-based qualitative study. Serial interviews were conducted between July 25th and September 1^st, 2022 (Phase I: univalent booster dose availability), and between November 21^st, 2022 and January 11^th, 2023 (Phase II: bivalent vaccine availability). Adults (≥18 years) in Canada who had received an initial primary series and had not received a COVID-19 booster dose were eligible for Phase I, and subsequently invited to participate in Phase II. Twenty-two of twenty-three (96%) participants completed interviews for both phases (45 interviews). Nearly half of participants identified as a woman (

SUBMITTER: Parsons Leigh J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10896168 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature