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Opinions, Attitudes and Factors Related to SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Uptake in Eight South American Countries
This article presents attitudes and practices regarding COVID-19 vaccination in the South American population. The study collected data from a self-administered survey distributed through social media platforms between February and April 2022 (N = 6555). The survey included questions related to part...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10675814/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38005992 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11111660 |
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author | Urueña, Analía Machado, Ricardo Cunha, Juarez López Colmano, Clara Rancaño, Carolina Kfouri, Renato Pírez, Catalina Bonvehí, Pablo Calvo, Mario Cuadros, Robinson Muñoz, Greta Rodríguez, Mónica Torres, Jaime Cahn, Florencia Ballalai, Isabella |
author_facet | Urueña, Analía Machado, Ricardo Cunha, Juarez López Colmano, Clara Rancaño, Carolina Kfouri, Renato Pírez, Catalina Bonvehí, Pablo Calvo, Mario Cuadros, Robinson Muñoz, Greta Rodríguez, Mónica Torres, Jaime Cahn, Florencia Ballalai, Isabella |
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description | This article presents attitudes and practices regarding COVID-19 vaccination in the South American population. The study collected data from a self-administered survey distributed through social media platforms between February and April 2022 (N = 6555). The survey included questions related to participants’ sociodemographic background, flu vaccination practices, sources of information about COVID-19, and opinions regarding pandemic management and vaccination against SARS-CoV-2. The respondents agreed with the statement that COVID-19 vaccines were necessary (86.4%), effective (79.8%), safe (79.1%), and should be mandatory (64%). Overall, 83.4% accepted vaccination and 12.3% refused it completely. Main rejection reasons were safety (65.8%) and efficacy (54.9%) issues, and rushed development and approvals (49.1%). Vaccine uptake was associated with being ≥60 years, being a healthcare worker, previous influenza vaccine uptake, adherence to preventive measures, the death of ≥1 close people from COVID-19, and being informed through mass media or health authorities’ channels. Vaccine uptake inversely correlated with male gender, low educational level, and use of closed social networks for COVID-19 information purposes. This study provides valuable insights into COVID-19 vaccination attitudes and practices in South America that may be used to promote vaccine uptake in the region. Higher COVID-19 vaccination acceptance among people with previously acquired prevention habits reinforces the importance of routine health promotion strategies. |
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spelling | pubmed-106758142023-10-30 Opinions, Attitudes and Factors Related to SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Uptake in Eight South American Countries Urueña, Analía Machado, Ricardo Cunha, Juarez López Colmano, Clara Rancaño, Carolina Kfouri, Renato Pírez, Catalina Bonvehí, Pablo Calvo, Mario Cuadros, Robinson Muñoz, Greta Rodríguez, Mónica Torres, Jaime Cahn, Florencia Ballalai, Isabella Vaccines (Basel) Article This article presents attitudes and practices regarding COVID-19 vaccination in the South American population. The study collected data from a self-administered survey distributed through social media platforms between February and April 2022 (N = 6555). The survey included questions related to participants’ sociodemographic background, flu vaccination practices, sources of information about COVID-19, and opinions regarding pandemic management and vaccination against SARS-CoV-2. The respondents agreed with the statement that COVID-19 vaccines were necessary (86.4%), effective (79.8%), safe (79.1%), and should be mandatory (64%). Overall, 83.4% accepted vaccination and 12.3% refused it completely. Main rejection reasons were safety (65.8%) and efficacy (54.9%) issues, and rushed development and approvals (49.1%). Vaccine uptake was associated with being ≥60 years, being a healthcare worker, previous influenza vaccine uptake, adherence to preventive measures, the death of ≥1 close people from COVID-19, and being informed through mass media or health authorities’ channels. Vaccine uptake inversely correlated with male gender, low educational level, and use of closed social networks for COVID-19 information purposes. This study provides valuable insights into COVID-19 vaccination attitudes and practices in South America that may be used to promote vaccine uptake in the region. Higher COVID-19 vaccination acceptance among people with previously acquired prevention habits reinforces the importance of routine health promotion strategies. MDPI 2023-10-30 /pmc/articles/PMC10675814/ /pubmed/38005992 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11111660 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Urueña, Analía Machado, Ricardo Cunha, Juarez López Colmano, Clara Rancaño, Carolina Kfouri, Renato Pírez, Catalina Bonvehí, Pablo Calvo, Mario Cuadros, Robinson Muñoz, Greta Rodríguez, Mónica Torres, Jaime Cahn, Florencia Ballalai, Isabella Opinions, Attitudes and Factors Related to SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Uptake in Eight South American Countries |
title | Opinions, Attitudes and Factors Related to SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Uptake in Eight South American Countries |
title_full | Opinions, Attitudes and Factors Related to SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Uptake in Eight South American Countries |
title_fullStr | Opinions, Attitudes and Factors Related to SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Uptake in Eight South American Countries |
title_full_unstemmed | Opinions, Attitudes and Factors Related to SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Uptake in Eight South American Countries |
title_short | Opinions, Attitudes and Factors Related to SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Uptake in Eight South American Countries |
title_sort | opinions, attitudes and factors related to sars-cov-2 vaccine uptake in eight south american countries |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10675814/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38005992 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11111660 |
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