Exploring vaccine hesitancy in care home employees in North West England: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Care homes have experienced a high number of COVID-19 outbreaks, and it is therefore important for care home employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. However, there is high vaccine hesitancy among this group. We aimed to understand barriers and facilitators to getting the COVID-19 vaccine, as well as views on potential mandatory vaccination policies.

Design

Semi-structured interviews.

Setting

Care home employees in North West England. Interviews conducted in April 2021.

Participants

10 care home employees (aged 25-61 years) in the North West, who had been invited to have, but not received the COVID-19 vaccine.

Results

We analysed the interviews using a framework analysis. Our analysis identified eight themes: perceived risk of COVID-19, effe

SUBMITTER: Dennis A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9062455 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature