Eurosurv. Attitudes of healthcare workers towards COVID-19 vaccination: a survey in France and French-speaking parts of Belgium and Canada, 2020

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Attitudes of healthcare workers towards COVID-19 vaccination: a survey in France and French-speaking parts of Belgium and Canada, 2020

• Pierre Verger[SUP]1[/SUP] , Dimitri Scronias[SUP]1,2[/SUP], Nicolas Dauby[SUP]3,4,5[/SUP] , Kodzo Awoenam Adedzi[SUP]6[/SUP] , Cathy Gobert[SUP]7[/SUP] , Maxime Bergeat[SUP]8[/SUP] , Arnaud Gagneur[SUP]9,10[/SUP] , Eve Dub?[SUP]6,11[/SUP]

In October and November 2020, we conducted a survey of 2,678 healthcare workers (HCWs) involved in general population immunisation in France, French-speaking Belgium and Quebec, Canada to assess acceptance of future COVID-19 vaccines (i.e. willingness to receive or recommend these) and its determinants. Of the HCWs, 48.6% (n = 1,302) showed high acceptance, 23.0% (n = 616) moderate acceptance and 28.4% (n = 760) hesitancy/reluctance. Hesitancy was mostly driven by vaccine safety concerns. These must be addressed before/during upcoming vaccination campaigns.

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https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.3.2002047#html_fulltext