Canadian health care providers' and education workers' hesitance to receive original and bivalent COVID-19 vaccines
Education workers were somewhat more likely than HCP to report being hesitant to receive COVID-19 vaccines but reasons for hesitancy were similar. Hesitancy was associated with non-receipt of previous vaccines (i.e., previous behaviour), less concern about being infected with SARS-CoV-2, and concerns about the safety and effectiveness of vaccines for both cohorts. Maintaining inter-pandemic trust in vaccines, ensuring rapid data generation during pandemics regarding vaccine safety and effectiveness, and effective and transparent communication about these data are all needed to support pandemic vaccination programs.
Authors
- Shelly McNeil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5444-4166)
- Matthew Muller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3835-4096)
- Allison McGeer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5647-6137)
- Curtis Cooper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3368-3499)
- Louis Valiquette (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8300-8416)
- Brenda L. Coleman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7144-4827)
- Jeff Powis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2053-6083)
- Kailey Fischer
- Samira Mubareka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5012-2311)
- Dawn M. E. Bowdish (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6823-2957)
- Saranya Arnoldo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0685-8282)
- Iris Gutmanis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2752-3026)
- Robyn Harrison (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8771-0544)
- Susan J. Bondy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6516-4159)
- Mark B Loeb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2315-5390)
- Joanne M. Langley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3270-7345)
- Kevin Katz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5654-2683)
- Marek Smieja (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1655-3761)
- Jeya Nadarajah
Institutions
- Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CA)
- Dalhousie University (CA)
- Sunnybrook Health Science Centre (CA)
- Université de Sherbrooke (CA)
- University of Ottawa (CA)
- University of Alberta (CA)
- North York General Hospital (CA)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CA)
- Canada Research Chairs (CA)
- Toronto East General Hospital (CA)
- William Osler Health System (CA)
- Sinai Health System (CA)
- St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton (CA)
- Hamilton Health Sciences (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Vaccine
- Published
- 2024-09-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.126271
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.70
Funders
- Public Health Agency of Canada
- Weston Family Foundation
- Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research