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Global Trends and Correlates of COVID-19 Vaccination Hesitancy: Findings from the iCARE Study

The success of large-scale COVID-19 vaccination campaigns is contingent upon people being willing to receive the vaccine. Our study explored COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and its correlates in eight different countries around the globe. We analyzed convenience sample data collected between March 2020 a...

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Autores principales: Stojanovic, Jovana, Boucher, Vincent G., Gagne, Myriam, Gupta, Samir, Joyal-Desmarais, Keven, Paduano, Stefania, Aburub, Ala’ S., Sheinfeld Gorin, Sherri N., Kassianos, Angelos P., Ribeiro, Paula A. B., Bacon, Simon L., Lavoie, Kim L.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8235754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34204379
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9060661
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author Stojanovic, Jovana
Boucher, Vincent G.
Gagne, Myriam
Gupta, Samir
Joyal-Desmarais, Keven
Paduano, Stefania
Aburub, Ala’ S.
Sheinfeld Gorin, Sherri N.
Kassianos, Angelos P.
Ribeiro, Paula A. B.
Bacon, Simon L.
Lavoie, Kim L.
author_facet Stojanovic, Jovana
Boucher, Vincent G.
Gagne, Myriam
Gupta, Samir
Joyal-Desmarais, Keven
Paduano, Stefania
Aburub, Ala’ S.
Sheinfeld Gorin, Sherri N.
Kassianos, Angelos P.
Ribeiro, Paula A. B.
Bacon, Simon L.
Lavoie, Kim L.
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description The success of large-scale COVID-19 vaccination campaigns is contingent upon people being willing to receive the vaccine. Our study explored COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and its correlates in eight different countries around the globe. We analyzed convenience sample data collected between March 2020 and January 2021 as part of the iCARE cross-sectional study. Univariate and multivariate statistical analyses were conducted to explore the correlates of vaccine hesitancy. We included 32,028 participants from eight countries, and observed that 27% of the participants exhibited vaccine hesitancy, with increases over time. France reported the highest level of hesitancy (47.3%) and Brazil reported the lowest (9.6%). Women, younger individuals (≤29 years), people living in rural areas, and those with a lower perceived income were more likely to be hesitant. People who previously received an influenza vaccine were 70% less likely to report COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. We observed that people reporting greater COVID-19 health concerns were less likely to be hesitant, whereas people with higher personal financial concerns were more likely to be hesitant. Our findings indicate that there is substantial vaccine hesitancy in several countries, with cross-national differences in the magnitude and direction of the trend. Vaccination communication initiatives should target hesitant individuals (women, younger adults, people with lower incomes and those living in rural areas), and should highlight the immediate health, social and economic benefits of vaccination across these settings. Country-level analyses are warranted to understand the complex psychological, socio-environmental, and cultural factors associated with vaccine hesitancy.
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spelling pubmed-82357542021-06-27 Global Trends and Correlates of COVID-19 Vaccination Hesitancy: Findings from the iCARE Study Stojanovic, Jovana Boucher, Vincent G. Gagne, Myriam Gupta, Samir Joyal-Desmarais, Keven Paduano, Stefania Aburub, Ala’ S. Sheinfeld Gorin, Sherri N. Kassianos, Angelos P. Ribeiro, Paula A. B. Bacon, Simon L. Lavoie, Kim L. Vaccines (Basel) Article The success of large-scale COVID-19 vaccination campaigns is contingent upon people being willing to receive the vaccine. Our study explored COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and its correlates in eight different countries around the globe. We analyzed convenience sample data collected between March 2020 and January 2021 as part of the iCARE cross-sectional study. Univariate and multivariate statistical analyses were conducted to explore the correlates of vaccine hesitancy. We included 32,028 participants from eight countries, and observed that 27% of the participants exhibited vaccine hesitancy, with increases over time. France reported the highest level of hesitancy (47.3%) and Brazil reported the lowest (9.6%). Women, younger individuals (≤29 years), people living in rural areas, and those with a lower perceived income were more likely to be hesitant. People who previously received an influenza vaccine were 70% less likely to report COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. We observed that people reporting greater COVID-19 health concerns were less likely to be hesitant, whereas people with higher personal financial concerns were more likely to be hesitant. Our findings indicate that there is substantial vaccine hesitancy in several countries, with cross-national differences in the magnitude and direction of the trend. Vaccination communication initiatives should target hesitant individuals (women, younger adults, people with lower incomes and those living in rural areas), and should highlight the immediate health, social and economic benefits of vaccination across these settings. Country-level analyses are warranted to understand the complex psychological, socio-environmental, and cultural factors associated with vaccine hesitancy. MDPI 2021-06-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8235754/ /pubmed/34204379 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9060661 Text en © 2021 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/).
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Stojanovic, Jovana
Boucher, Vincent G.
Gagne, Myriam
Gupta, Samir
Joyal-Desmarais, Keven
Paduano, Stefania
Aburub, Ala’ S.
Sheinfeld Gorin, Sherri N.
Kassianos, Angelos P.
Ribeiro, Paula A. B.
Bacon, Simon L.
Lavoie, Kim L.
Global Trends and Correlates of COVID-19 Vaccination Hesitancy: Findings from the iCARE Study
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title_fullStr Global Trends and Correlates of COVID-19 Vaccination Hesitancy: Findings from the iCARE Study
title_full_unstemmed Global Trends and Correlates of COVID-19 Vaccination Hesitancy: Findings from the iCARE Study
title_short Global Trends and Correlates of COVID-19 Vaccination Hesitancy: Findings from the iCARE Study
title_sort global trends and correlates of covid-19 vaccination hesitancy: findings from the icare study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8235754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34204379
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9060661
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