Attitudes towards COVID-19 Vaccination among Hospital Staff-Understanding What Matters to Hesitant People.

ABSTRACT: Hospital staff are a priority target group in the European COVID-19 vaccination strategy. Measuring the extent of COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy and understanding the reasons behind it are essential to be able to tailor effective communication campaigns. Using the Health Belief Model (HBM) as a theoretical framework, a survey was conducted among staff members of a Belgian three-site hospital center between 6 and 20 January 2021. Multivariable logistic ordinal regression was performed to assess determinants of the attitude towards COVID-19 vaccination. Reasons for and against COVID-19 vaccination and the need for information were explored among hesitant staff members. Among the respondents (N = 1132), 58% and 4.9% said that they would certainly and certainly not get vaccinated, respectively

SUBMITTER: Spinewine A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8148217 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature