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. 2021 Jan;26(3):2002047.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.3.2002047.

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

Pierre Verger  1 , Dimitri Scronias  1   2 , Nicolas Dauby  3   4   5 , Kodzo Awoenam Adedzi  6 , Cathy Gobert  7 , Maxime Bergeat  8 , Arnaud Gagneur  9   10 , Eve Dubé  11   6
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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 et al. Euro Surveill. 2021 Jan.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: COVID-19; healthcare workers; vaccination campaigns; vaccine acceptance; vaccine safety and efficacy.

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Conflict of interest: ND is an unpaid consultant for MSD Belgium on the topic of vaccine pharmaco-economics.

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