Correlates and disparities of intention to vaccinate against COVID-19

Callaghan, Timothy; Moghtaderi, Ali; Lueck, Jennifer A.; Hotez, Peter J.; Strych, Ulrich; Dor, Avi; Fowler, Erika Franklin; Motta, Matthew

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113638

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“…The present study showed that while women were more likely to engage in preventive behaviour as demonstrated in other studies, they were less likely to believe that the vaccine will protect the health of the people who take it and were less willing than men to take the vaccine. [38][39][40] The latter was evident in both studies with more females declaring that they are unsure of taking the vaccine. This lack of conviction by women has been identified by a number of other studies.…”

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Attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination, vaccine hesitancy and intention to take the vaccine

Cordina¹,

Lauri²,

Lauri³

2021

Pharm Pract (Granada)

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Background: The pandemic is at a paradoxical stage, with vaccine roll out initiated but a significantly elevated level of infection and death. Hope for recovery lies in high equitable vaccine uptake. Objective: The study aimed to: i) explore attitudes and factors influencing attitudes, towards the COVID-19 vaccine amongst people living in Malta, ii) identify the reasons as to why individuals are unsure or unwilling to take the vaccine. Methods: Two consecutive, short, anonymous online surveys using social media platforms were used to gather data from adult individuals. The first study was open to residents in Malta, while the second study invited international participation. Study 1 consisted of 17 questions inspired by the Theories of Planned Behaviour and Reasoned Action. Study 2 asked participates whether they were willing, unwilling or unsure of taking the vaccine and their reasons for being unsure or unwilling. Results: A total of 2,529 individuals participated in Study 1 and 834 in Study 2. In both studies respondents were predominantly female having a tertiary education. Over 50% declared that they were willing to take the vaccine, with males being more willing (t=5.83, df=1164.2, p<0.00005). Opinions of significant others- family and friends (r=0.22, p<0.005) and health professionals (r=0.74, p<0.005) were associated with willingness to take the vaccine. Vaccine hesitancy was present in the study population with 32.6% being unsure and 15.6% declaring that they were not willing to take the vaccine. Females were more likely to be unsure (Chi-squared=14.63, df=4, p=0.006). Lack of vaccine safety was the main reason cited for unwillingness to take the vaccine. Predictors for willingness to take the vaccine were: i) The belief that the COVID-19 vaccine will protect the health of the people who take it; ii) Valuing the advice of health professionals regarding the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccine; iii) Having taken the influenza vaccine last year and; iv) Encouraging their elderly parents to take the vaccine. Conclusions: COVID-19 vaccination information campaigns should promote group strategies, focusing on emphasising the safety of the vaccine and offer reassurance, especially to women.

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confidence: 84%

Attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination, vaccine hesitancy and intention to take the vaccine

Cordina¹,

Lauri²,

Lauri³

2021

Pharm Pract (Granada)

161

149

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“…That almost four in five survey participants expressed willingness to receive COVID-19 vaccine seems an improvement compared to results of earlier surveys; for instance, at least four earlier surveys showed over 30% Americans did not intend to pursue vaccination against COVID-19 [4][5][6][7], and in another survey 55.8% participants reported that they would definitely accept, another 34.3% were unsure but had a tendency to accept the vaccine [8]. A survey conducted in June 2020 involving 1878 individuals, 19% of whom were Hispanic, found that about 78% were very likely or somewhat likely to receive COVID-19 vaccine [9].…”

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confidence: 72%

“…Compared to males, more females were unsure about safety of COVID-19 vaccine (29.4% vs 17.1%, P = 0.04) this could be because fewer females compared to males had access to information resources. In other surveys too females were more vaccine hesitant [4,9], and mothers, compared to fathers of children aged <18 years, were reluctant to accept abbreviated vaccine development process (odds ratio OR 0.6; 95% confidence interval 0.5-0.8) [11].…”

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confidence: 97%

Letter to the editor to: Verger P and Dubé E. Restoring confidence in vaccines in the COVID-19 era, expert review of vaccines, 2020; 19(11):991-3

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Chamberlain

Haber

et al. 2021

Expert Review of Vaccines

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“…Thus, antivaccine and anti-COVID-19 prevention blended with political extremism on the far right, and even QAnon and other conspiracy-laden movements. Our recent survey found that former Trump voters represented the most COVID-19 vaccine hesitant group nationally [20]. Also ranked high among those resisting vaccines were African Americans, possibly in response to the specific targeting by antivaccine national groups from the previous year.…”

Section: Covid-19 Health Freedommentioning

confidence: 96%