Acceptance, Advocacy, and Perception of Health Care Providers on COVID-19 Vaccine: Comparing Early Stage of COVID-19 Vaccination with Latter Stage in the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia

• Published in: Vaccines (Basel) Vol. 11; no. 2; p. 488
• Main Authors: Almusalami, Eman M, Al-Bazroun, Mohammed I, Alhasawi, Amal I, Alahmed, Fatimah S, Al-Muslim, Zahra M, Al-Bazroun, Lubana I, Muslim, Maryam, Saha, Chandni, Kay, Elbert, Alzahrani, Zeyad A, Ahmed, Gasmelseed Y, Al Mutair, Abbas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 01.02.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: acceptance; Advocacy; Beliefs, opinions and attitudes; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 vaccines; Dentists; Disease prevention; Disease transmission; Employees; HCPs; Health care; Hospitals; Infections; Infectious diseases; Medical personnel; Methods; Mortality; Pandemics; Population studies; Public health; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Sociodemographics; Statistical analysis; Vaccination; vaccine; Vaccines; Saudi Arabia; COVID-19; vaccine; acceptance; advocacy; HCPs

Vaccination of healthcare providers has recently gained focused attention of public health officials. As HCPs have direct contact with the population, and HCPs significantly influence the population, this study aimed to compare the acceptance rate, advocacy rate, and beliefs about the COVID-19 vacci...