COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and acceptance: a comprehensive scoping review of global literature.

ABSTRACT: As countries continue the third year of the pandemic, we believe that there has been unfair attention to COVID-19 vaccine efficacy and safety, while tacitly ignoring serious challenges with vaccine uptake, without which vaccination may not be effective against the spread of COVID-19. While several studies have been published on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, there remains a need to conduct a comprehensive global analysis of vaccine hesitancy. We conducted a scoping review of 60 studies published globally on vaccine hesitancy and acceptance. We conducted a qualitative analysis to identify motivators and barriers to vaccination across several cultural and demographic contexts. We found the following factors to be relevant in any discussion about addressing or minimizing vaccine hesitancy: risk

SUBMITTER: Majid U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9278223 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature