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Changes of factors associated with vaccine hesitancy in Chinese residents: A qualitative study

INTRODUCTION: There is an urgent need to address vaccine hesitancy to achieve booster vaccination. This study aimed to reveal the factors associated with vaccine hesitancy (including COVID-19 vaccine) among Chinese residents, address modifications of the factors since the previous year, and propose...

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Autores principales: Long, Sigui, Wu, Jingying, Wang, Shile, Zhao, Yaqi, Wang, Jianli, Zhao, Shuangyu, Niu, Qing, Jin, Hui
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9530596/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36203693
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.929407
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author Long, Sigui
Wu, Jingying
Wang, Shile
Zhao, Yaqi
Wang, Jianli
Zhao, Shuangyu
Niu, Qing
Jin, Hui
author_facet Long, Sigui
Wu, Jingying
Wang, Shile
Zhao, Yaqi
Wang, Jianli
Zhao, Shuangyu
Niu, Qing
Jin, Hui
author_sort Long, Sigui
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description INTRODUCTION: There is an urgent need to address vaccine hesitancy to achieve booster vaccination. This study aimed to reveal the factors associated with vaccine hesitancy (including COVID-19 vaccine) among Chinese residents, address modifications of the factors since the previous year, and propose vaccination rate improvement measures. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This qualitative return visit study was performed between January and mid-February 2022, following the last interview conducted between February and March 2021. According to an outline designed in advance, 60 Chinese residents from 12 provinces participated in semi-structured interviews. RESULTS: Vaccine safety was the biggest concern raised by respondents, followed by self-immunity and vaccine effectiveness, eliciting concern since the interview last year. Notably, online media accounted for a more significant portion of suggestion sources than before, and fear of pain was a novel factor affecting vaccine hesitancy. Moreover, unlike other areas, those from provinces with a per capita gross domestic product of 3–5 (RMB 10,000) reported less concern about vaccine price and effectiveness. They tended to seek advice via online media less and were greatly influenced by vaccination policies. CONCLUSIONS: Influential factors of vaccine hesitancy among Chinese residents are changing dynamically. Monitoring these trends is essential for public health measures and higher vaccination levels.
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spelling pubmed-95305962022-10-05 Changes of factors associated with vaccine hesitancy in Chinese residents: A qualitative study Long, Sigui Wu, Jingying Wang, Shile Zhao, Yaqi Wang, Jianli Zhao, Shuangyu Niu, Qing Jin, Hui Front Public Health Public Health INTRODUCTION: There is an urgent need to address vaccine hesitancy to achieve booster vaccination. This study aimed to reveal the factors associated with vaccine hesitancy (including COVID-19 vaccine) among Chinese residents, address modifications of the factors since the previous year, and propose vaccination rate improvement measures. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This qualitative return visit study was performed between January and mid-February 2022, following the last interview conducted between February and March 2021. According to an outline designed in advance, 60 Chinese residents from 12 provinces participated in semi-structured interviews. RESULTS: Vaccine safety was the biggest concern raised by respondents, followed by self-immunity and vaccine effectiveness, eliciting concern since the interview last year. Notably, online media accounted for a more significant portion of suggestion sources than before, and fear of pain was a novel factor affecting vaccine hesitancy. Moreover, unlike other areas, those from provinces with a per capita gross domestic product of 3–5 (RMB 10,000) reported less concern about vaccine price and effectiveness. They tended to seek advice via online media less and were greatly influenced by vaccination policies. CONCLUSIONS: Influential factors of vaccine hesitancy among Chinese residents are changing dynamically. Monitoring these trends is essential for public health measures and higher vaccination levels. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9530596/ /pubmed/36203693 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.929407 Text en Copyright © 2022 Long, Wu, Wang, Zhao, Wang, Zhao, Niu and Jin. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Long, Sigui
Wu, Jingying
Wang, Shile
Zhao, Yaqi
Wang, Jianli
Zhao, Shuangyu
Niu, Qing
Jin, Hui
Changes of factors associated with vaccine hesitancy in Chinese residents: A qualitative study
title Changes of factors associated with vaccine hesitancy in Chinese residents: A qualitative study
title_full Changes of factors associated with vaccine hesitancy in Chinese residents: A qualitative study
title_fullStr Changes of factors associated with vaccine hesitancy in Chinese residents: A qualitative study
title_full_unstemmed Changes of factors associated with vaccine hesitancy in Chinese residents: A qualitative study
title_short Changes of factors associated with vaccine hesitancy in Chinese residents: A qualitative study
title_sort changes of factors associated with vaccine hesitancy in chinese residents: a qualitative study
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9530596/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36203693
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.929407
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