Reasons for individuals' COVID-19 vaccine hesitations and changing decisions over time : A longitudinal qualitative study

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Objective: COVID-19 is a serious public health problem. Therefore, it is important to vaccinate the community. This study was aimed at examining the reasons for individuals' COVID-19 vaccine hesitations, and decisions that have changed over time.

Material and methods: This was a prospective longitudinal qualitative study.

Results: Confidence, fear, conspiracy theories, belief, and social pressure play a role in vaccine hesitancy. The most important factor in the changing decisions of individuals who are hesitant about vaccination is pressure. Confidence and fear also lead to a change of decision. However, it was remarkable that most of the participants who were vaccinated due to pressure did not want to be revaccinated.

Conclusions: Governments, media, vaccine companies, health professionals, and scientists should act together to increase the vaccination rates of individuals.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

Enthalten in:

Vacunas - 23(2022) vom: 02. Sept., Seite S1-S7

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yıldırım, Dicle Filiz [VerfasserIn]
Serçekuş, Pınar [VerfasserIn]
Özkan, Sevgi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acceptance
COVID-19
Journal Article
Longitudinal qualitative study
Revaccination
Vaccine hesitancy

Anmerkungen:

Date Revised 21.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.vacun.2022.06.006

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM34334470X