Factors affecting COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among healthcare providers in 23 countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several early COVID-19 studies aimed to assess the potential acceptance of a vaccine among healthcare providers, but relatively few studies of this population have been published since the vaccines became widely available. Vaccine safety, speed of development, and low perceived disease risk were commonly cited as factors for COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among this group.

Purpose and methods

In a secondary analysis based on a cross-sectional, structured survey, the authors aimed to assess the associations between self-reported vaccine hesitancy and a number of sociodemographic and COVID-19 vaccine perception factors using data from 3,295 healthcare providers (physicians, nurses, community health workers, other healthcare providers) in 23 countries.

Findings

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SUBMITTER: Leigh JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9068669 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature