Determinants of Acceptance of Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) Vaccine Among Lebanese Health Care Workers Using Health Belief Model

Abou-Abbas, Linda; Berry, Atika; Youssef, Janet; Hassan, Hamad

doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-294775/v1

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“…79 Health workers in Egypt stated that they would not be influenced by celebrities and leaders advocating the COVID-19 vaccine (69%), 71 and in Lebanon, health workers who had been advised by family members to vaccinate were less likely to accept the vaccine. 77 These are important findings, which should be explored further in other studies.…”

Section: The Communication Environmentmentioning

confidence: 83%

“…71 In Lebanon, health authorities' or health facilities' recommendation to vaccinate by was positively linked to vaccine acceptance and stood out as one of the most important cues for vaccination. 77 A framing experiment in Lebanon found that health workers responded better to information shared by health peers or experts than by religious leaders or celebrities. 58 Health workers may contribute to lower vaccine acceptance in some settings.…”

Section: The Communication Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…56 Unsurprisingly, there was a clear correlation between belief that the vaccines were safe and vaccine acceptance. 39,49,50,67,69,70,71,72,79,77,81 As an example, 91% of health workers in Egypt cited fear of side effects as their reason for unwillingness to take the vaccine. 71 In Palestine, Iran and Sudan, those who were reluctant to take the vaccine were two and three times as likely to fear long-term complications from the vaccine as those who were willing.…”

Section: Perceptions Of Vaccine Safetymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Greater confidence in the vaccines' efficacy was also associated with higher acceptance rates among health workers across the region. 39,67,71,72,77,79,81 For example, in Iran, those with a greater belief in vaccine efficacy were at least three times more likely to accept the vaccine. 39 Health workers in Jordan were found to have more confidence than the general population in the vaccine's ability to protect against the virus, including against the mutated strains (52% compared to 34%).…”

Section: Perceptions Of Vaccine Efficacymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Evidence Review: COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance by Key Influencers in the MENA Region - Teachers and Healthworkers

Butler¹,

Karam²

2021

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As COVID-19 vaccines have been deployed and scaled, concerns about vaccine acceptance have emerged. Effective management of the virus requires that communities everywhere buy into the public health measures designed to protect them, including vaccines. Low acceptance presents a serious challenge for achieving sufficient coverage to reduce circulation of the virus and the risk of new variants emerging. Surveys conducted early in the pandemic showed that the Middle East region had one of the lowest COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rates globally. The low acceptance is driven by specific factors in the region and its different countries and populations; these factors need to be taken into account when formulating policy, programmes and interventions. This review synthesises evidence on vaccine acceptance among two key groups in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region: teachers and health workers. It draws from academic studies most of which were cross-sectional studies, largely conducted between February 2020 and June 2021, and grey literature reports, including social listening reports. This review is intended to inform strategies for risk communications and community engagement (RCCE) relating to COVID-19 vaccine uptake, with the aim of boosting confidence in and acceptance of the vaccines among these groups across the region. It is part of the Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform (SSHAP) series on social science considerations relating to COVID-19 vaccines and was developed for SSHAP by Anthrologica (Nadia Butler and Soha Karam) at the request of the UNICEF MENA Regional Office. It was reviewed by Rose Aynsley (WHO) Amaya Gillespie (UNICEF) and Olivia Tulloch (Anthrologica). The evidence review is the responsibility of SSHAP.

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Section: The Communication Environmentmentioning

confidence: 83%

Section: The Communication Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Perceptions Of Vaccine Safetymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Perceptions Of Vaccine Efficacymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Evidence Review: COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance by Key Influencers in the MENA Region - Teachers and Healthworkers

Butler¹,

Karam²

2021

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“…According to a previous study, the average proportion of people accepted to be vaccinated is 58% [31]. Therefore, an approximate value of 65% was selected for the calculation of sample size.…”

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confidence: 99%

Integrating Health Belief model to determine factors associated with COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance in Lebanon: Differences between health care workers and non-healthcare workers

Youssef

2021

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Background:Vaccine acceptance is critical to the success of immunization programs, especially for emerging infectious diseases. This study aims to assess the willingness to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, and the factors associated with this willingness among healthcare workers (HCWs) and non-healthcare workers in Lebanon.Methods: A web-based cross-sectional survey was conducted among Lebanese adults aged 18 years and above during November 2020 among Lebanese adults from all Lebanese provinces using a snowball sampling technique. Data were collected using an anonymous Arabic questionnaire that included sociodemographic, health-related variables, intention to receive COVID-19 vaccine, and the Health Belief Model covariates. Multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed to identify the factors associated with the COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among the 2 groups.Results:A total number of 2802 participants completed the survey. The overall intention to receive a COVID-19 vaccine among the Lebanese adult population was 51.5%. HCWs expressed a higher willingness of getting vaccinated against COVID-19 than non HCWs (65.8% vs. 47%, p< 0.001). The factors that are positively associated with the willingness to vaccinate among the general population, non HCWs and HCWs were: older age, being married, living in urban areas, receiving influenza vaccine for this season, higher perception of susceptibility and benefits, concerns related to availability and accessibility of vaccines and recommendation of vaccine from health authorities. However, the previous refusal of any vaccine, concerns about vaccine safety, and side effects impacted negatively this intention. Female gender, importance accounted to religiosity, and concerns about the reliability of the manufacturer were negatively associated with vaccine acceptance among non HCWs. Conversely, good knowledge, vaccine intake by the public, and self-motivation were positively associated with this willingness. Of note, these factors were not significantly associated with such willingness among HCWs.Conclusion: To control COVID-19 effectively, efforts targeting modifiable factors driving COVID-19 vaccine acceptance are required to increase the acceptance rate among the Lebanese population.

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Differences in elderly stress levels before Covid-19 vaccination: History of exposure to Covid-19 reduces stress before vaccination

Setiawan

Hikmawati

Wardani

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Determinants of Acceptance of Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) Vaccine Among Lebanese Health Care Workers Using Health Belief Model

Cited by 17 publications

References 24 publications

Evidence Review: COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance by Key Influencers in the MENA Region - Teachers and Healthworkers

Evidence Review: COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance by Key Influencers in the MENA Region - Teachers and Healthworkers

Integrating Health Belief model to determine factors associated with COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance in Lebanon: Differences between health care workers and non-healthcare workers

Differences in elderly stress levels before Covid-19 vaccination: History of exposure to Covid-19 reduces stress before vaccination

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