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. 2021 May 24;9(6):548.
doi: 10.3390/vaccines9060548.

Factors Influencing Public Attitudes towards COVID-19 Vaccination: A Scoping Review Informed by the Socio-Ecological Model

Ghadir Fakhri Al-Jayyousi  1 , Mohamed Abdelhady Mabrouk Sherbash  1 , Lamees Abdullah Mohammed Ali  1 , Asmaa El-Heneidy  2 , Nour Waleed Zuhair Alhussaini  1 , Manar Elsheikh Abdelrahman Elhassan  1 , Maisa Ayman Nazzal  3
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Factors Influencing Public Attitudes towards COVID-19 Vaccination: A Scoping Review Informed by the Socio-Ecological Model

Ghadir Fakhri Al-Jayyousi et al. Vaccines (Basel). .

Abstract

Major hindrances to getting a COVID-19 vaccine include vaccine hesitancy, skepticism, refusal, and anti-vaccine movements. Several studies have been conducted on attitudes of the public towards COVID-19 vaccines and the potential influencing factors. The purpose of this scoping review is to summarize the data available on the various factors influencing public attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination. This scoping review was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) Statement. PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Cochrane Central were searched without restrictions to reclaim all publications on the factors that shape individuals' attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccines from 1 January 2020 to 15 February 2021. Fifty studies were included. The scoping review revealed that the factors influencing public attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccines were embedded within the different levels of the socio-ecological model. These factors included the sociodemographic characteristics of the individuals, individual factors, social and organizational factors. In addition, certain characteristics of COVID-19 vaccines themselves influenced public attitudes towards accepting the vaccines. Understanding various population needs and the factors shaping public attitudes towards the vaccines would support planning for evidence-based multilevel interventions in order to enhance global vaccine uptake.

Keywords: COVID-19; acceptance; ecological model; hesitancy; refusal; scoping review; vaccine; willingness.

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