The effect of vaccination beliefs regarding vaccination benefits and COVID-19 fear on the number of vaccination injections

Hoang, Hai The; Nguyen, Xuan Thanh Kieu; Huynh, Son Van; Hua, Thuy Doan; Tran, Hien Thi; Tran-Chi, Vinh-Long

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.968902

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“…Generally, participants perceived COVID-19 vaccines as beneficial, consistent with other previous studies [ 24 ]. They had a good perception of COVID-19 vaccines, aligning with previous research [ 6 , 25 ].…”

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Perception and Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccine Among Healthcare Workers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Alfosail¹,

Alghamdi²

2023

Cureus

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IntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in significant hospitalizations and deaths, particularly among healthcare workers (HCWs). Various therapeutic and preventive measures have been introduced, with vaccination considered the primary preventive measure. This study aims to assess the perceptions and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination among HCWs. MethodsWe conducted an analytical cross-sectional study on HCWs in hospitals located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The study included physicians, nurses, pharmacists, lab technicians, and radiologists who work in the Ministry of Health's general hospitals. A total of 394 participants were included in the study. Data were analyzed using SPSS v26, and a p-value less than 0.05 was considered significant. ResultsA majority of the participants (72.6%) were female, aged between 31-40 years (55.3%), and married (59.6%). More than half of the participants (55.6%) had received training on dealing with COVID-19. The mean scores for COVID-19 vaccine refusal, perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, and perceived effectiveness of COVID

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 90%

Perception and Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccine Among Healthcare Workers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Alfosail¹,

Alghamdi²

2023

Cureus

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“… 30 55 Hoang et al reported a similar level of concern about vaccine efficacy and safety and AEFI between immunised and unimmunised groups. 45 We found that the willingness to get vaccinated was higher among the general population, less to significantly low among parents of children aged 5–11 years and children aged 5 years or under receiving COVID-19 vaccines. The national COVID-19 vaccine coverage in Vietnam was remarkably high among targeted populations: the primary COVID-19 dose for adults and children aged 12 years and older reached almost 100%, the percentage of the children aged 5–11 years who completed their first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccines was roughly 86.4% and 69.3%, respectively, as of February 2023.…”

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confidence: 65%

“…60 Parents were more likely to want to vaccinate their children if the mortality rate associated with COVID-19 infection rose, following the introduction of new COVID-19 variants. 61 Addition to AEFI, parents expressed a high level of concern about the rapid development of vaccines (>80%) and perceptions that vaccination was unnecessary, resulting in hesitation or refusal, 45 46 which suggests that Vietnam needs to develop a tailored communication strategy in the new context of the pandemic—low infection and mortality rates and high perceived AEFI—if the country plans to roll out national vaccination against COVID-19 for children aged 5 years and younger.…”

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Behavioural and social drivers of COVID-19 vaccination in Vietnam: a scoping review

Tran,

Dang,

Nguyen

et al. 2023

BMJ Open

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BackgroundUnderstanding of the behavioural and social drivers (BeSD) of vaccination is key to addressing vaccine hesitancy and accessibility issues. Vietnam’s national COVID-19 vaccination programme resulted in high uptake of primary doses among adults, but lower booster doses for adults and primary doses for 5–11 years. This scoping review assessed BeSD influencing COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Vietnam to design interventions on reaching the national vaccination targets.MethodWe conducted a scoping review by searching PubMed, MedRxiv, LitCOVID, COVID-19 LOVE platform, WHO’s COVID-19 research database and seven dominant Vietnamese language medical journals published in English or Vietnamese between 28 December 2019 and 28 November 2022. Data were narratively synthesised and summarised according to the four components of the WHO BeSD framework. The drivers were then mapped along the timeline of COVID-19 vaccine deployment and the evolution of the pandemic in Vietnam.ResultsWe identified 680 records, of which 39 met the inclusion criteria comprising 224 204 participants. Adults’ intention to receive COVID-19 vaccines for themselves (23 studies) ranged from 58.0% to 98.1%. Parental intention to vaccinate their under 11-year-old children (six studies) ranged from 32.8% to 79.6%. Key drivers of vaccination uptake were perceived susceptibility and severity of disease, perceived vaccine benefits and safety, healthcare worker recommendation, and positive societal perception. Commonly reported COVID-19 vaccines’ information sources (six studies) were social and mainstream media (82%–67%), television (72.7%–51.6%) and healthcare workers (47.5%–17.5%). Key drivers of COVID-19 uptake remained consistent for both adults and children despite changes in community transmission and vaccine deployment.ConclusionKey enablers of vaccine uptake for adults and children included perceived disease severity, perceived vaccine benefits and safety and healthcare worker recommendations. Future studies should assess vaccine communication targeted to these drivers, national policies and political determinants to optimise vaccine uptake.

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“…Although the disease provoked by the new coronavirus is potentially health damaging and even deadly, our findings indicate that the fear generated by these risks fosters the intention to vaccinate only in people who have low adherence to conspiracy theories. The positive influence of fear of COVID-19, associated with the high risk of contracting this disease and to its severity, on vaccination intentions and attitudes has previously found when this factor was analyzed independently (e.g., Bendau et al, 2021 ; Chu and Liu, 2021 ; Lielsvagere-Endele et al, 2022 ; Nguyen et al, 2022 ; Rosli et al, 2022 ). However, our study suggests that conspiracist beliefs on this topic moderate this effect by limiting and even canceling it.…”

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Afraid but misinformed: Conspiracist beliefs cancel the positive influence of fear of COVID-19 on vaccination intentions - Findings from a Romanian sample

Holman

Popușoi

2023

Front. Psychol.

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Understanding the factors that make people more likely to refuse vaccination against COVID-19 is crucial in order to design public health messages efficient in increasing vaccination rates. As COVID-19 creates risks of seriously damaging health effects, fear of this disease is as a significant determinant of vaccination intentions, as indicated by past research. Nevertheless, this positive influence may be limited in people who do not consider vaccines as a solution to protect against COVID-19, especially those who hold conspiracist beliefs about the new coronavirus and, implicitly, about the newly developed vaccines. The present study examined in a cross-sectional design on a convenience sample (N = 564) the joint effect of fear of COVID-19 and conspiracist beliefs on vaccination intentions, advancing past research on their independent influences. Furthermore, we investigated and controlled the effects of perceived risk of catching COVID-19, trust in medical experts, attitude towards vaccination and socio-demographical characteristics (i.e., gender, age, and education), previously found to be associated to COVID-19 vaccination intentions. We also tested the effect of ambivalence towards vaccination, i.e., the degree to which people simultaneously hold positive and negative evaluations of this intervention, as the widespread misinformation on the new coronavirus and its vaccines may induce ambivalence on this latter issue in many people. The results showed that the positive effect of fear of COVID-19 on vaccination intentions emerged only in participants who tend not to endorse conspiracist ideas on the new coronavirus. Moreover, higher vaccine hesitancy was found in participants with higher ambivalence towards vaccination, in those who perceive the risk of being contaminated by the new coronavirus as low, and in those with more negative attitudes towards vaccines in general. Vaccine ambivalence also emerged as a mediator of the negative effects of conspiracist beliefs about COVID-19 on vaccination intentions. This pattern of findings suggests the public messages emphasizing the risks of COVID-19 should also combat misinformation in order to maximize vaccine uptake.

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The effect of vaccination beliefs regarding vaccination benefits and COVID-19 fear on the number of vaccination injections

Cited by 3 publications

References 112 publications

Perception and Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccine Among Healthcare Workers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Perception and Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccine Among Healthcare Workers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Behavioural and social drivers of COVID-19 vaccination in Vietnam: a scoping review

Afraid but misinformed: Conspiracist beliefs cancel the positive influence of fear of COVID-19 on vaccination intentions - Findings from a Romanian sample

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