The association between vaccination confidence, vaccination behavior, and willingness to recommend vaccines among Finnish healthcare workers.

ABSTRACT: Information and assurance from healthcare workers (HCWs) is reported by laypeople as a key factor in their decision to get vaccinated. However, previous research has shown that, as in the general population, hesitancy towards vaccines exists among HCWs as well. Previous studies further suggest that HCWs with a higher confidence in vaccinations and vaccine providers are more willing to take the vaccines themselves and to recommend vaccines to patients. In the present study with 2962 Finnish HCWs (doctors, head nurses, nurses, and practical nurses), we explored the associations between HCWs' vaccination confidence (perceived benefit and safety of vaccines and trust in health professionals), their decisions to accept vaccines for themselves and their children, and their willingness to recomme

SUBMITTER: Karlsson LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6822763 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature