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Beliefs and Sociodemographic and Occupational Factors Associated with Vaccine Hesitancy among Health Workers

Introduction: Vaccine hesitancy has been implicated in the low-vaccination coverage in several countries. Knowledge about vaccine hesitancy predictors in health workers is essential because they play a central role in communication about the importance and safety of vaccines. This study aimed to ass...

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Autores principales: de Araújo, Tânia Maria, Souza, Fernanda de Oliveira, Pinho, Paloma de Sousa, Werneck, Guilherme Loureiro
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9782159/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36560423
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10122013
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author de Araújo, Tânia Maria
Souza, Fernanda de Oliveira
Pinho, Paloma de Sousa
Werneck, Guilherme Loureiro
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description Introduction: Vaccine hesitancy has been implicated in the low-vaccination coverage in several countries. Knowledge about vaccine hesitancy predictors in health workers is essential because they play a central role in communication about the importance and safety of vaccines. This study aimed to assess beliefs and sociodemographic and occupational factors associated with vaccine hesitancy in health workers. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study among 453 health workers in primary and medium complexity services in a municipality in the state of Bahia, Brazil. The variable vaccine hesitancy was operationalized based on the answers related to incomplete vaccination against hepatitis B, measles, mumps and rubella, and diphtheria and tetanus. Associations between variables were expressed as prevalence ratios (PR) and their respective 95% confidence intervals (CI). Results: Endemic disease combat agents, administrative service workers, and support staff had the highest levels of vaccine hesitancy. Among the analyzed variables, the following were associated with vaccine hesitancy: working in secondary health care services (PR: 1.21; CI: 1.07–1.36), working as an endemic disease combat agent (PR = 1.42; 95% CI: 1.165–1.75), not sharing information about vaccines on social media (PR = 1.16; 95% CI: 1.05–1.28), distrusting information about vaccinations (PR: 0.86; CI: 0.75–0.99), and not feeling safe receiving new vaccines (PR = 1.16; 95% CI: 1.06–1.28). Conclusions: Strategies to enhance confidence in vaccination among health workers should consider differences in occupations and their working settings. Improving vaccination-related content in training and continuing education activities and facilitating access to onsite vaccinations at the workplace are crucial elements to reduce vaccine hesitancy among health workers.
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spelling pubmed-97821592022-12-24 Beliefs and Sociodemographic and Occupational Factors Associated with Vaccine Hesitancy among Health Workers de Araújo, Tânia Maria Souza, Fernanda de Oliveira Pinho, Paloma de Sousa Werneck, Guilherme Loureiro Vaccines (Basel) Article Introduction: Vaccine hesitancy has been implicated in the low-vaccination coverage in several countries. Knowledge about vaccine hesitancy predictors in health workers is essential because they play a central role in communication about the importance and safety of vaccines. This study aimed to assess beliefs and sociodemographic and occupational factors associated with vaccine hesitancy in health workers. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study among 453 health workers in primary and medium complexity services in a municipality in the state of Bahia, Brazil. The variable vaccine hesitancy was operationalized based on the answers related to incomplete vaccination against hepatitis B, measles, mumps and rubella, and diphtheria and tetanus. Associations between variables were expressed as prevalence ratios (PR) and their respective 95% confidence intervals (CI). Results: Endemic disease combat agents, administrative service workers, and support staff had the highest levels of vaccine hesitancy. Among the analyzed variables, the following were associated with vaccine hesitancy: working in secondary health care services (PR: 1.21; CI: 1.07–1.36), working as an endemic disease combat agent (PR = 1.42; 95% CI: 1.165–1.75), not sharing information about vaccines on social media (PR = 1.16; 95% CI: 1.05–1.28), distrusting information about vaccinations (PR: 0.86; CI: 0.75–0.99), and not feeling safe receiving new vaccines (PR = 1.16; 95% CI: 1.06–1.28). Conclusions: Strategies to enhance confidence in vaccination among health workers should consider differences in occupations and their working settings. Improving vaccination-related content in training and continuing education activities and facilitating access to onsite vaccinations at the workplace are crucial elements to reduce vaccine hesitancy among health workers. MDPI 2022-11-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9782159/ /pubmed/36560423 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10122013 Text en © 2022 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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title_short Beliefs and Sociodemographic and Occupational Factors Associated with Vaccine Hesitancy among Health Workers
title_sort beliefs and sociodemographic and occupational factors associated with vaccine hesitancy among health workers
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9782159/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36560423
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10122013
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