Understanding Primary Care Physician Vaccination Behaviour: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vaccine hesitancy decreases adult vaccination coverage and has been recognized by WHO as a major health threat. Primary care physicians (PCP) play a key role in vaccination by giving vaccine counselling to their patients. The aim of this systematic review is to identify the knowledge, beliefs, attitudes and barriers (KBAB) associated with own vaccination and patient recommendation in primary care physicians.

Methods

MEDLINE/PubMed, EMBASE and Cochrane Library databases were used to search and identify relevant studies based on their title and abstract. In the next step, the full text of each previously selected article was read for eligibility. Articles were selected by two independent reviewers and data extraction was performed using tables. The following informa

SUBMITTER: Prieto-Campo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9654811 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature