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Attitudes of Healthcare Personnel towards Vaccinations before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Vaccines constitute highly effective tools for controlling and eliminating vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) and are assessed to avert between two to three million deaths per year globally. Healthcare personnel (HCP) constitute a priority group for several vaccinations. However, studies indicate s...

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Autores principales: Ledda, Caterina, Costantino, Claudio, Cuccia, Mario, Maltezou, Helena C., Rapisarda, Venerando
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7967435/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33800187
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052703
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author Ledda, Caterina
Costantino, Claudio
Cuccia, Mario
Maltezou, Helena C.
Rapisarda, Venerando
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description Vaccines constitute highly effective tools for controlling and eliminating vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) and are assessed to avert between two to three million deaths per year globally. Healthcare personnel (HCP) constitute a priority group for several vaccinations. However, studies indicate significant rates of vaccine hesitancy among them and, therefore, of acceptance of vaccination recommendations. This cross-sectional study was conducted in a university hospital in Southern Italy to assess the knowledge and attitudes of HCP about VPDs before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, estimate their intention to get vaccinated against COVID-19, and search for determinants that may influence their choice. A self-administered questionnaire was used. HCP improved their knowledge about VPDs and were more favorable to vaccinations in September–December 2020 compared to January–December 2019. Overall, 75% of respondents would get a COVID-19 vaccine. Our findings indicate a potential role of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on Italian HCP’s knowledge and attitudes towards vaccines.
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spelling pubmed-79674352021-03-18 Attitudes of Healthcare Personnel towards Vaccinations before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic Ledda, Caterina Costantino, Claudio Cuccia, Mario Maltezou, Helena C. Rapisarda, Venerando Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Vaccines constitute highly effective tools for controlling and eliminating vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) and are assessed to avert between two to three million deaths per year globally. Healthcare personnel (HCP) constitute a priority group for several vaccinations. However, studies indicate significant rates of vaccine hesitancy among them and, therefore, of acceptance of vaccination recommendations. This cross-sectional study was conducted in a university hospital in Southern Italy to assess the knowledge and attitudes of HCP about VPDs before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, estimate their intention to get vaccinated against COVID-19, and search for determinants that may influence their choice. A self-administered questionnaire was used. HCP improved their knowledge about VPDs and were more favorable to vaccinations in September–December 2020 compared to January–December 2019. Overall, 75% of respondents would get a COVID-19 vaccine. Our findings indicate a potential role of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on Italian HCP’s knowledge and attitudes towards vaccines. MDPI 2021-03-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7967435/ /pubmed/33800187 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052703 Text en © 2021 by the authors. 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 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_short Attitudes of Healthcare Personnel towards Vaccinations before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7967435/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33800187
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052703
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