Understanding COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in health care professionals in Central and West Asia: lessons for future emergency mass vaccination campaigns

A Quick Assessment of Vaccine Hesitancy approach was developed to collect population insights on vaccination hesitancy for low resource environments. Insights into COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy were collected through online webinars with heads of healthcare departments and anonymized online surveys of...

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Published inFrontiers in public health Vol. 11; p. 1196289
Main Authors Adambekov, Shalkar, Bongers, Alexander, Hare, Jonathan, Popovic, Dragoslav, Rajashekharaiah, Harsha, Lawson, Stefan M, Riggall, Giovanna, Kokareva, Larissa, Chin, Brian
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 16.06.2023
Subjects
Asia
communications
COVID-19 - epidemiology
COVID-19 - prevention & control
COVID-19 Vaccines
Health Personnel
Humans
Immunization Programs
knowledge attitudes
LMIC
Public Health
snowball sampling
vaccine hesitancy
Asia
snowball sampling
vaccine hesitancy
LMIC
communications
knowledge attitudes
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Summary:A Quick Assessment of Vaccine Hesitancy approach was developed to collect population insights on vaccination hesitancy for low resource environments. Insights into COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy were collected through online webinars with heads of healthcare departments and anonymized online surveys of healthcare managers (HCM) and primary healthcare workers (HCW) in four countries in Central and West Asia (Armenia, Georgia, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan) between 28 February 2022 and 29 March 2022. From the responses to the survey some key themes identified that underpinned in vaccine hesitancy across the region were perceived understanding of vaccine efficacy, conflict with individual religious beliefs, concerns for side effects, and the relatively rapid development of the vaccine and that improving communications strategies to address these concerns would be critical in combatting vaccine hesitancy through any future public health emergencies.
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Edited by: Yuliya Semenova, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
Reviewed by: Dariga Smailova, Kazakh National Medical University, Kazakhstan
ISSN:2296-2565
2296-2565
DOI:10.3389/fpubh.2023.1196289