Evidence-Based Strategies for Clinical Organizations to Address COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy.

ABSTRACT: The success of vaccination programs is contingent upon irrefutable scientific safety data combined with high rates of public acceptance and population coverage. Vaccine hesitancy, characterized by lack of confidence in vaccination and/or complacency about vaccination that may lead to delay or refusal of vaccination despite the availability of services, threatens to undermine the success of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination programs. The rapid pace of vaccine development, misinformation in popular and social media, the polarized sociopolitical environment, and the inherent complexities of large-scale vaccination efforts may undermine vaccination confidence and increase complacency about COVID-19 vaccination. Although the experience of recent lethal surges of COVID-19 infection

SUBMITTER: Finney Rutten LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7772995 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature