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Editor, Senior Moderator
Hum Vaccin Immunother
. 2022 Jun 17;2074716.
doi: 10.1080/21645515.2022.2074716. Online ahead of print.
Hesitancy of COVID-19 vaccines: Rapid systematic review of the measurement, predictors, and preventive strategies
Godfred Anakpo[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Syden Mishi[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Vaccine hesitancy is one of the top ten global health threats and the first threat to fighting COVID-19 through vaccination. With the increasing level of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy amidst the rising level of confirmed cases and death tolls, this paper provides rapid systematic literature reviews on the measurement of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, key determinants and evidence-based strategies to prevent COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. The findings reveal three standard measures of vaccine hesitancy: optional response questions, Likert scale, and linear scale measurements. Factors such as sociodemographic/economic factors, occupational factors, knowledge on the vaccine, vaccine attributes, conspiracy belief and psychological factors are the major predictors of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. Evidence-based findings identified measures such as effective education on the vaccine, clear and consistent communication to build public confidence and trust, health education on vaccination and its social benefit, outreach program and targeted messaging to minimize COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy.
Keywords: COVID-19 vaccine; coronavirus; hesitancy; measurement; predictors; preventive measures; public health; strategies.
. 2022 Jun 17;2074716.
doi: 10.1080/21645515.2022.2074716. Online ahead of print.
Hesitancy of COVID-19 vaccines: Rapid systematic review of the measurement, predictors, and preventive strategies
Godfred Anakpo[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Syden Mishi[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35714274
- DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2022.2074716
Abstract
Vaccine hesitancy is one of the top ten global health threats and the first threat to fighting COVID-19 through vaccination. With the increasing level of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy amidst the rising level of confirmed cases and death tolls, this paper provides rapid systematic literature reviews on the measurement of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, key determinants and evidence-based strategies to prevent COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. The findings reveal three standard measures of vaccine hesitancy: optional response questions, Likert scale, and linear scale measurements. Factors such as sociodemographic/economic factors, occupational factors, knowledge on the vaccine, vaccine attributes, conspiracy belief and psychological factors are the major predictors of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. Evidence-based findings identified measures such as effective education on the vaccine, clear and consistent communication to build public confidence and trust, health education on vaccination and its social benefit, outreach program and targeted messaging to minimize COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy.
Keywords: COVID-19 vaccine; coronavirus; hesitancy; measurement; predictors; preventive measures; public health; strategies.