Acceptance towards COVID-19 vaccination in Latin America and the Caribbean: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Vaccination represents an important strategy to mitigate COVID-19 related morbidity and mortality by protecting against severe forms of the disease and reducing hospitalization and death rates. In this sense, the objective of this study is to estimate the prevalence of Vaccination Intention (VI) against COVID-19 in Latin America and Caribbean (LAC).

Methods

We conducted a systematic review with a comprehensive search strategy for the following databases: PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science. A random-effect model meta-analysis was carried out using observational studies assessing the intention to vaccines against COVID-19 in LAC countries. The Clopper-Pearson method was used to estimate 95% Confidence Intervals. The quality assessment was developed using the Newcas

SUBMITTER: Alarcon-Braga EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9169427 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature