Promoting coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination among healthcare personnel: A multifaceted intervention at a tertiary-care center in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine may hold the key to ending the pandemic, but vaccine hesitancy is hindering the vaccination of healthcare personnel (HCP). We examined their perceptions of the COVID-19 vaccine and implemented an intervention to increase vaccination uptake.

Design

Before-and-after trial.

Participants and setting

Healthcare personnel at a 790-bed tertiary-care center in Tokyo, Japan.

Interventions

A prevaccination questionnaire was administered to HCP to examine their perceptions of the COVID-19 vaccine. A multifaceted intervention was then implemented involving (1) distribution of informational leaflets to all HCP, (2) hospital-wide announcements encouraging vaccination, (3) a mandatory lecture, (4) an educational sessio

SUBMITTER: Takamatsu A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8319672 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature