“To Protect Myself, My Friends, Family, Workmates and Patients …and to Play My Part”: COVID-19 Vaccination Perceptions among Health and Aged Care Workers in New South Wales, Australia

Bolsewicz, Katarzyna; Steffens, Maryke S.; Bullivant, Bianca; King, Catherine; Beard, Frank

doi:10.3390/ijerph18178954

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“…The specific motivation to protect one’s friends from infection was also reported as an extrinsic motivator. This finding is consistent with research with Australian healthcare workers [ 34 ], but this is the first study to highlight this motivation amongst a sample of hesitant adopters in the US.…”

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Motivations to Vaccinate Among Hesitant Adopters of the COVID-19 Vaccine

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Vaccination is a critical means for mitigating the worst effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States (US). However, the initial high demand for COVID-19 vaccines has not persisted, and the rate of vaccination slowed significantly in the summer of 2021. This study seeks to understand the motivations to receive the COVID-19 vaccine among hesitant adopters. Hesitant adopters are individuals who express some level of hesitancy about the vaccine but have also received at least one dose of the vaccine. Using a qualitative descriptive design, three loci for motivation emerged during analysis: extrinsic motivators, intrinsic motivators, and structural motivators. Extrinsic motivations, such as protecting one’s community, family, and friends, were reported as driving vaccination behavior. Among intrinsic motivators, the desire to protect themselves from COVID-19 was the most frequently reported. Structural motivators were also identified, indicating that vaccine mandates also serve to motivate hesitant adopters of the COVID-19 vaccine. These findings have important implications in ongoing efforts to increase COVID-19 vaccine uptake in the US and highlight the multi-dimensional motivations for vaccination among hesitant adopters. Additionally, we provide recommendations for practice based on our findings.

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confidence: 91%

Motivations to Vaccinate Among Hesitant Adopters of the COVID-19 Vaccine

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“…Higher vaccination rates for health professionals were reported in other countries also [ 16 , 17 ]. “To Protect Myself, My Friends, Family, Workmates and Patients” were main wishes declared by the physicians that received the vaccine [ 9 ]. In addition, another important point is that the healthcare professionals have ethical, legal, and moral obligations to protect their patients [ 8 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, the reported willingness to be vaccinated is higher among healthcare workers when compared to general population [ 3 , 8 ]. Concerns related to COVID-19 vaccine safety and effectiveness against new variants, longevity of the immune response, related side effects, or not trusting the government were declared [ 6 , 9 ]. Tailored communication strategies are needed for to increase the COVID-19 vaccine-related willingness [ 10 ].…”

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Physicians’ Experience with COVID-19 Vaccination: A Survey Study

Dima

Jurcuţ²,

Balaban

et al. 2021

Healthcare

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Background: COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy remains high in the general population and is the main determinant of low vaccination rates and of the fourth pandemic wave severity in Romania. Additional information is needed to raise awareness over vaccine efficiency and the safety profile. Objective: To assess self-reported experience related to COVID-19 vaccination in Romanian physicians. Design, Setting, and Participants: A cross-sectional, self-administered questionnaire-based survey, distributed online in the period 24 March to 24 May 2021. The survey included 30 cascade questions with skip logic filters. All physicians included filled in the questionnaire voluntarily and anonymously. Not all respondents filled in all questions. Main outcome and measure: Primary outcomes addressed were related to the COVID-19 vaccine safety profile. Results: 407/467 (87.15%) of the respondents’ physicians were fully vaccinated, mostly with the Pfizer—BioNTech (Comirnaty)—BNT162b2 vaccine, with the peak of immunization in January 2021, with almost four-fifths of the study participants. Regarding COVID-19, almost 20% physicians had the infection and one declared COVID-19 re-infection. A number of 48/420 (11.42%) and 47/419 (11.22%) of the vaccinated physicians did not report any side effects after the first or second vaccine dose. However, most of the side effects reported were minor. Only 50/360 (13.88%) physicians reported the vaccine side effects on the dedicated online national platform. Approximately 40% respondents checked the anti-spike SARS-CoV2 antibodies’ titer after complete vaccination, of which two cases reported indeterminate levels. Lower anti-spike SARS-CoV2 antibodies’ titer of 100–1000 times the laboratory limit was more frequent in naive physicians (36.95% versus 14.28%, p = 0.012), moderate titers were similar, while very high levels, more than 10,000 times laboratory limit, were more frequent in physicians with previous COVID-19 infection (2.17% versus 42.85%, p < 0.001). Conclusions and relevance: In this cross-sectional survey study on the COVID-19 vaccination among Romanian physicians, we describe a safety vaccination profile among Romanian physicians.

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“…The continuing vaccinations against COVID-19 indicate that the availability of vaccines does not automatically translate into an uptake. Vaccination uptake is generally influenced by various factors, including access to and affordability of immunization services, awareness of vaccination, social norms, misinformation, perceptions of vaccines and personal attitudes towards vaccination [ 5 ]. The willingness and attitudes towards accepting COVID-19 vaccines are also considerably region-specific [ 6 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

Motivation for COVID-19 Vaccination in Priority Occupational Groups: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Štěpánek

Janošíková

Nakládalová

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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Due to the limited availability of COVID-19 vaccines, occupational groups with priority access were identified prior to vaccination. The study aimed to analyze motives for vaccination in these occupational groups. Methods: Members of occupational groups, who were vaccinated at the vaccination center of University Hospital Olomouc before 30 April 2021, were asked to fill in an online questionnaire. Results: A total of 3224 completed questionnaires were obtained from 1332 healthcare workers, 1257 school employees, 363 social service workers, 210 security force members, and 62 critical infrastructure workers. The most frequent motive for vaccination was the effort to protect family members (76.2%), the effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in one’s profession (72.3%), followed by concerns about COVID-19 itself (49.1%) and exemptions from anti-epidemic measures (36.8%). Only for social services, the motive focused on one’s profession was mentioned more often (75.2%) than the motive focused on the family (71.1%). At the level of detailed profession-oriented motives, a collegial effort of security force members to protect co-workers and not to endanger the workplace was dominant. Conclusions: The effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the professional environment is a strong motive for vaccination, and strongest among social service workers.

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“To Protect Myself, My Friends, Family, Workmates and Patients …and to Play My Part”: COVID-19 Vaccination Perceptions among Health and Aged Care Workers in New South Wales, Australia

Cited by 21 publications

References 28 publications

Motivations to Vaccinate Among Hesitant Adopters of the COVID-19 Vaccine

Motivations to Vaccinate Among Hesitant Adopters of the COVID-19 Vaccine

Physicians’ Experience with COVID-19 Vaccination: A Survey Study

Motivation for COVID-19 Vaccination in Priority Occupational Groups: A Cross-Sectional Survey

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