Resistance to COVID-19 vaccination has increased in Ireland and the United Kingdom during the pandemic.
COVID-19 vaccine
Vaccine hesitance
Vaccine resistance
Journal
Public health
ISSN: 1476-5616
Titre abrégé: Public Health
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 0376507
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2021
Jun 2021
Historique:
received:
28
12
2020
accepted:
16
04
2021
pubmed:
31
5
2021
medline:
13
7
2021
entrez:
30
5
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Hesitance and resistance to COVID-19 vaccination poses a serious challenge to achieving adequate vaccine uptake in the general population. Cross-sectional data from the early months of the pandemic indicates that approximately one-third of adults in multiple nations are hesitant or resistant to a vaccine for COVID-19. Using longitudinal data, we tracked changes in attitudes to COVID-19 vaccination during the pandemic. This is a quantitative, longitudinal design. Nationally representative samples of the adult general population of the Republic of Ireland (N = 1041) and the United Kingdom (N = 2025) were assessed for their attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination at three points from March to August 2020. Statistically significant increases in resistance to COVID-19 vaccination were observed in Irish (from 9.5% to 18.1%) and British (from 6.2% to 10%) adults. Resistance to vaccination has significantly increased in two European nations as the pandemic has progressed. Growing resistance to COVID-19 vaccination will pose a challenge to public health officials responsible for ensuring sufficient vaccine coverage.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34052508
pii: S0033-3506(21)00153-0
doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2021.04.009
pmc: PMC8075808
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
COVID-19 Vaccines
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
54-56Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.
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