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Health Care Personnel (HCP) attitudes about COVID-19 vaccination after emergency use authorization.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We previously reported on COVID-19 vaccination intent among HCP before emergency use authorization. We found widespread hesitancy and a substantial proportion of HCP did not intend to vaccinate.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional survey of HCP, including clinical and non-clinical staff, researchers, and trainees between February 21 and March 19, 2021. The survey evaluated vaccine attitudes, beliefs, intent and acceptance.

Results

Overall, 3,981 (87.7%) of respondents had already received a COVID-19 vaccine or planned to get vaccinated. There were significant differences in vaccine acceptance by gender, age, race, and hospital role. Males (93.7%) were more likely than females (89.8%) to report vaccine acceptance (p<0.001). Mean age was higher among those reporting vaccine acceptance (p<0.001). Physicians and scientists showed the highest acceptance rate (97.3%), while staff in ancillary services showed the lowest acceptance rate (79.9%). Unvaccinated respondents were more likely to be females, to have refused vaccines in the past due to reasons other than illness or allergy, to care for COVID-19 patients, or to rely on themselves when making vaccination decision. Vaccine acceptance was more than twice previous intent among Black respondents, an increase from 30.8% to 73.8%, and across all hospital roles with all >80% vaccine acceptance.

Conclusions

The majority of HCP were vaccinated, much higher than reporting intent before vaccine was available. However, many HCP-particularly ancillary services-are still hesitant. Feasible and effective interventions to address the hesitant, including individually-tailored education strategies are needed, or vaccine can be mandated.

SUBMITTER: Shaw J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8513411 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Healthcare Personnel (HCP) Attitudes About Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Vaccination After Emergency Use Authorization.

Shaw Jana J Hanley Samantha S Stewart Telisa T Salmon Daniel A DA Ortiz Christine C Trief Paula M PM Asiago Reddy Elizabeth E Morley Christopher P CP Thomas Stephen J SJ Anderson Kathryn B KB

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 20220801 1

<h4>Background</h4>We previously reported on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination intent among healthcare personnel (HCP) before emergency use authorization. We found widespread hesitancy and a substantial proportion of HCP did not intend to vaccinate.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a cross-sectional survey of HCP, including clinical and nonclinical staff, researchers, and trainees between 21 February and 19 March 2021. The survey evaluated vaccine attitudes, beliefs, intent, and accepta ...[more]

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