COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and rejection in an adult population in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bosnia and Herzegovina is among ten countries in the world with the highest mortality rate due to COVID-19. Lack of lockdown, open borders, high mortality rate, no vaccination plan, and strong domestic anti-vaccination movement present serious COVID-19 concerns in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In such circumstances, we set out to study 1) the willingness of general public to receive the vaccine, 2) factors that affect vaccine rejection, and 3) motivation for vaccine acceptance.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted among 10471 adults in Bosnia and Herzegovina to assess the acceptance or rejection of participants toward COVID-19 vaccination. Using a logistic regression model, we examined the associations of sociodemographic characteristics with vaccine rejection,

SUBMITTER: Fojnica A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8884480 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature