Injection fears and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy

Freeman, Daniel; Lambe, Sinéad; Yu, Ly-Mee; Freeman, Jason; Chadwick, Andrew; Vaccari, Cristian; Waite, Felicity; Rosebrock, Laina; Petit, Ariane; Vanderslott, Samantha; Lewandowsky, Stephan; Larkin, Michael; Innocenti, Stefania; McShane, Helen; Pollard, Andrew J.; Loe, Bao Sheng

doi:10.1017/s0033291721002609

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“…Providing scientifically sound information about the personal and community-related benefits of vaccination [ 19 ] or adjusting the distributed data in a culturally sensitive manner can effectively educate underserved minorities [ 20 ]. Studies have shown that interventions as simple as addressing the fear of needles and injection may play an important role in curtailing vaccine reluctance [ 21 ].…”

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Romanian Medical Students’ Attitude towards and Perceived Knowledge on COVID-19 Vaccination

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In Romania, the first phase of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign prioritized medical personnel, which included healthcare students. This study aimed to assess their knowledge, attitudes towards, and perception of COVID-19 vaccination. An anonymous, single-answer, 42-item online survey was conducted from 12 January until 3 March 2021, in the country’s largest University of Medicine and Pharmacy. Among the 1581 respondents (14.9% response rate), 88.5% were pro-vaccination, 7.8% were undecided, and 3.7% were vaccine resistant. The main reason for vaccine rejection was the perceived speed of vaccine development (strong agreement among the vaccine resistant, moderate agreement among the undecided, p < 0.001). Concern over long-term adverse reaction was present in only 11.5% of the respondents, significantly more frequent in the undecided and vaccine resistant. Perceived knowledge on the vaccines’ safety, efficacy, and technology correlated with a pro-vaccine attitude (p < 0.001). Most respondents had a positive stance towards vaccination in general, influencing their behaviour as future parents (99.3% of the pro-vaccination, 95.1% of the undecided, and 89.1% of the vaccine resistant will vaccinate their children, p < 0.001) and as medical professionals (99.7% of the pro-vaccination, 93.5% of those undecided, and 89.8% of the vaccine resistant would advise parents to vaccinate their children, p < 0.001). Healthcare students can thus serve as important vectors for scientifically sound information, influencing vaccine uptake in the community.

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Romanian Medical Students’ Attitude towards and Perceived Knowledge on COVID-19 Vaccination

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“…Due to the particularity of the COVID-19 epidemic situation, the vaccine was developed in a relatively short period of time. The effect of immunization and the length of the immunization duration were uncertain, which adversely affected the effectiveness of the perceived vaccine [ 60 ].…”

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Information Framing Effect on Public’s Intention to Receive the COVID-19 Vaccination in China

Peng

Guo

2021

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The aims of the study were (1) to explore information framing effect on the public’s intention to receive the COVID-19 vaccination and (2) to understand the key factors influencing the intention of COVID-19 vaccinations in China. An online questionnaire survey was conducted to explore the influence of demographic characteristics, individual awareness, social relationship, risk disclosure, perceived vaccine efficacy, and protection duration under the assumptions of information framing. The results showed that (1) the persuasion effect under loss frame was higher than that under gain frame (B = 0.616 vs. 0.552); (2) there was no significant difference between sex, age, income, occupation, educational background and residence for the participants’ intention to be vaccinated; whether family members/friends were vaccinated had a strong correlation with their vaccination intention under the gain frame; (3) the higher the understanding of COVID-19 and the compliance with government COVID-19 prevention and control measures were, the higher the vaccination intention was; (4) risk disclosure had the greatest impact on people‘s COVID-19 vaccination intention; (5) perceived vaccine effectiveness and duration of protection had little effect on people’s intention to receive vaccination. The influence of information framing on the intention of COVID-19 vaccination is different. The publicity of relevant health information should pay attention to the influence of information framing and contents on the behavior of public vaccination, so as to enhance public health awareness and promote the vaccination of the whole population.

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“…In addition, the characteristics of different vaccines potentially influenced the attitudes of the public towards vaccine acceptance [ 21 ]. People hesitated to receive a COVID-19 vaccine because of other reasons, e.g., fears of injection [ 84 ], or concerns about vaccine efficacy and fear of side effects [ 78 ]. Therefore, to increase the vaccination intentions, a simple message mentioning the vaccine efficacy is possibly influenced by context that might be helpful [ 85 ].…”

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Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in School Principals: Impacts of Gender, Well-Being, and Coronavirus-Related Health Literacy

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Purposes: To explore the associated factors of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and examine psychometric properties of the coronavirus-related health literacy questionnaire (HLS-COVID-Q22) and Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy questionnaire. Methods: An online survey was conducted from 23 June to 16 July 2021 on 387 school principals across Taiwan. Data collection included socio-demographic characteristics, information related to work, physical and mental health, COVID-19 related perceptions, sense of coherence, coronavirus-related health literacy, and vaccine hesitancy. Principal component analysis, correlation analysis, linear regression models were used for validating HLS-COVID-Q22, Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy, and examining the associations. Results: HLS-COVID-Q22 and Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy were found with satisfactory construct validity (items loaded on one component with factor loading values range 0.57 to 0.81, and 0.51 to 0.78), satisfactory convergent validity (item-scale correlations range 0.60 to 0.79, and 0.65 to 0.74), high internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.96 and 0.90), and without floor or ceiling effects (percentages of possibly lowest score and highest score <15%), respectively. Low scores of vaccine hesitancy were found in male principals (regression coefficient, B, −0.69; 95% confidence interval, 95%CI, −1.29, −0.10; p = 0.023), principals with better well-being (B, −0.25; 95%CI, −0.47, −0.03; p = 0.029), and higher HLS-COVID-Q22 (B, −1.22; 95%CI, −1.89, −0.54; p < 0.001). Conclusions: HLS-COVID-Q22 and Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy were valid and reliable tools. Male principals and those with better well-being, and higher health literacy had a lower level of vaccine hesitancy. Improving principals’ health literacy and well-being is suggested to be a strategic approach to increase vaccine acceptance for themselves, their staff, and students.

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Injection fears and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy

Cited by 124 publications

References 42 publications

Romanian Medical Students’ Attitude towards and Perceived Knowledge on COVID-19 Vaccination

Romanian Medical Students’ Attitude towards and Perceived Knowledge on COVID-19 Vaccination

Information Framing Effect on Public’s Intention to Receive the COVID-19 Vaccination in China

Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in School Principals: Impacts of Gender, Well-Being, and Coronavirus-Related Health Literacy

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