Impact of societal resilience on vaccine hesitancy and uptake: Lessons learned from the Israeli experience.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vaccine hesitancy threatens COVID-19 pandemic management. Increasing vaccine uptake is important to containment of the virus, and achievement of herd immunity.

Objective

To identify factors of resilience, distress, and well-being that impact vaccine hesitancy and uptake.

Method

A cross-sectional study was conducted during the pandemic's fourth wave. The data were collected by an internet panel company. A representative sample of Israeli residents (N = 2002) answered an online questionnaire. A stratified sampling method was employed regarding geographic distribution, gender, and age. As vaccine hesitancy poses a threat to the effective management of the pandemic, the outcome measures included vaccine hesitancy and uptake (dependent variables), and resilience

SUBMITTER: Kimhi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9293373 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature