Vacunación en adultos

Abstract

Introducción: cada año, miles de adultos mueren por causa de enfermedades prevenibles mediante vacunación. Sin embargo, la aplicación de vacunas en adultos es muy baja a nivel mundial por múltiples razones, incluyendo los altos costos de implementación.

Willingness to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine and Its Potential Predictors in Costa Rica: A Cross-Sectional Study

“…Our results suggest that the high willingness to get a COVID-19 vaccine among Costa Ricans should not come as a surprise, as prior evidence found similar findings reported in low-middle-income countries (LMICs) such as Costa Rica [11,18]. Particularly, Costa Rica has been reporting a long tradition of high levels of acceptance towards vaccination, and it has a robust National Immunization Program that reaches over 90% of the population [12]. The "Report on the results of the study of socio-political opinion" of the School of Political Sciences of the University of Costa Rica in April 2019 [19], shows that when faced with the question of whether there are Costa Ricans opposed to vaccines, a large majority of citizens (96 %) approve of vaccinating everyone when appropriate, while only 4% disapprove.…”

“…Low willingness to get a vaccine could represent a major problem in the global efforts to control the current COVID-19 pandemic [11]. In countries such as Costa Rica, vaccination programs are recognized to be solid, modern for all populations including adults [12,13]. However, the SARS-CoV2 pandemic represents a new challenge for the nation, by having to vaccinate a large number of adults who are not used to getting vaccines in a very short time period.…”