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. 2021 May 11:149:e123.
doi: 10.1017/S0950268821001114.

High but slightly declining COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and reasons for vaccine acceptance, Finland April to December 2020

Charlotte C Hammer  1   2 , Veronica Cristea  1   2 , Timothee Dub  2 , Jonas Sivelä  2
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High but slightly declining COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and reasons for vaccine acceptance, Finland April to December 2020

Charlotte C Hammer et al. Epidemiol Infect. .

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Abstract

We investigated likelihood to vaccinate and reasons for and against accepting a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine among adult residents of Finland. Vaccine acceptance declined from 70% in April to 64% in December 2020. Complacency and worry about side effects were main reasons against vaccination while concern about severe disease was a strong motive for vaccination. Convenience of vaccination and recommendations by healthcare workers were identified as enablers for vaccination among those aged under 50 years. Understanding barriers and enablers behind vaccine acceptance is decisive in ensuring a successful implementation of COVID-19 vaccination programmes, which will be key to ending the pandemic.

Keywords: COVID-19; KAP study; vaccine acceptance; vaccine hesitancy.

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No conflict of interest reported. CCH is a fellow of the ECDC Fellowship Programme, supported financially by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. The views and opinions expressed herein do not state or reflect those of ECDC. ECDC is not responsible for the data and information collation and analysis and cannot be held liable for conclusions or opinions drawn.

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Self-declared likelihood of accepting a COVID vaccine if/when one is offered for all four rounds of the survey.
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Self-declared likelihood of accepting a COVID vaccine if/when one is offered during the fourth round (November/December 2020) by age group.
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Agreement with general statements about vaccination during the fourth round (November/December 2020, n = 1050).
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