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Vaccination Hesitancy among Health-Care-Workers in Academic Hospitals Is Associated with a 12-Fold Increase in the Risk of COVID-19 Infection: A Nine-Month Greek Cohort Study

Viruses, 2021
Health-Care-Workers (HCWs) are considered at high risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection. We sought to compare rates and severity of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among vaccinated and unvaccinated HCWs conducting a retrospective cohort study in two tertiary
Fotinie Ntziora, Evangelia Georgia Kostaki, Ioannis Grigoropoulos, Amalia Karapanou, Ismini Kliani, Maria Mylona, Alexa Thomollari, Sotirios Tsiodras, Theoklis Zaoutis, Dimitrios Paraskevis, Nikolaos V. Sipsas, Anastasia Antoniadou, Petros P. Sfikakis   +12 more
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Influenza Vaccine Hesitancy in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis: A Monocentric Observational Study

Brain Sciences, 2021
Background. The so-called “vaccine hesitancy” still represents a common phenomenon that undermines the effectiveness of vaccination campaigns. In 2020, the Italian Medicines Agency recommended to bring forward the flu vaccination campaign, whose ...
Antonio Ziello, Cristina Scavone, Maria Elena Di Battista, Simona Salvatore, Daniele Di Giulio Cesare, Ornella Moreggia, Lia Allegorico, Anna Sagnelli, Stefano Barbato, Valentino Manzo, Annalisa Capuano, Giorgia Teresa Maniscalco   +11 more
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COVID-19 Vaccination in Developing Nations: Challenges and Opportunities for Innovation

Infectious Disease Reports, 2021
Vaccines offer a hope toward ending the global pandemic caused by SARS-CoV2. Mass vaccination of the global population offers hope to curb the spread. Developing nations, however, face monumental challenges in procurement, allocation, distribution and ...
Abu Baker Sheikh, Suman Pal, Nismat Javed, Rahul Shekhar   +3 more
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Determinants Influenced by COVID-19 Vaccine: Employing the Health Action Process Approach and the Belief in Conspiracy Theories

Vaccines, 2023
Vaccination is considered a practical approach to improving individuals’ health behavior to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the currently manufactured COVID-19 vaccines can only work for a limited time.
Bireswar Dutta
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A Scoping Review to Find Out Worldwide COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Its Underlying Determinants

Vaccines, 2021
Background: The current crisis created by the coronavirus pandemic is impacting all facets of life. Coronavirus vaccines have been developed to prevent coronavirus infection and fight the pandemic. Since vaccines might be the only way to prevent and stop
Md. Rafiul Biswas, Mahmood Saleh Alzubaidi, Uzair Shah, Alaa A. Abd-Alrazaq, Zubair Shah   +4 more
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Parental Perceptions and Barriers towards Childhood COVID-19 Vaccination in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Analysis

Vaccines, 2022
Introduction: The vaccination of children against Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a prime area of focus around the globe and is considered a pivotal challenge during the ongoing pandemic.
Yusra Habib Khan, Tauqeer Hussain Mallhi, Muhammad Salman, Nida Tanveer, Muhammad Hammad Butt, Zia Ul Mustafa, Raja Ahsan Aftab, Abdullah Salah Alanazi   +7 more
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Vaccine Hesitancy in Childhood Immunization in the Malaysian Context

Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences
The increase in vaccine-preventable infections in young children in Malaysia during the previous decade has been concerning. This is related to vaccine reluctance, which puts herd immunity at risk.
Nour H. Othman, Santhanathan Rajendram, Helvinder K. Balbir Singh   +2 more
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The Mediating Role of Hesitancy in the Associations Between Mental Disorders and Social Support Seeking During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Behavioral Sciences
The COVID-19 pandemic has consequential impacts on not only physical but also mental health. However, the types of social support that individuals with mental health needs sought during the pandemic and their underlying reasons for it are not well known.
Qinghua Yang, Muniba Saleem, Elizabeth Dobson, Suzanne Grimmesey   +3 more
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Qatar Healthcare Workers' COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Attitudes: A National Cross-Sectional Survey

Frontiers in Public Health, 2021
Introduction: Healthcare workers are the critical frontline workforce of the COVD-19 pandemic and are considered a target group for vaccination. Hesitancy to vaccinate is a major concern that can jeopardize the vaccination programme.
Rajeev Kumar, Rajeev Kumar, Majid Alabdulla, Majid Alabdulla, Nahid M. Elhassan, Shuja Mohd Reagu, Shuja Mohd Reagu   +6 more
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A systematic review of measures of healthcare workers’ vaccine confidence

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
Healthcare workers (HCW) perceptions toward vaccines influence patient and community vaccine decision making. In an era of rising vaccine hesitancy, understanding HCW vaccine confidence is critical.
Kofoworola O. Akinsola, Ayobami A. Bakare, Elisa Gobbo, Carina King, Claudia Hanson, Adegoke Falade, Sibylle Herzig van Wees   +6 more
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