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. 2021 Sep;26(36):2100792.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.36.2100792.

Understanding a national increase in COVID-19 vaccination intention, the Netherlands, November 2020-March 2021

Jet G Sanders  1   2 , Pita Spruijt  1 , Mart van Dijk  1 , Janneke Elberse  1 , Mattijs S Lambooij  1 , Floor M Kroese  1   3 , Marijn de Bruin  1   4
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Understanding a national increase in COVID-19 vaccination intention, the Netherlands, November 2020-March 2021

Jet G Sanders et al. Euro Surveill. 2021 Sep.

Abstract

The intention to get the COVID-19 vaccine increased from 48% (November 2020) to 75% (March 2021) as national campaigning in the Netherlands commenced. Using a mixed method approach we identified six vaccination beliefs and two contextual factors informing this increase. Analysis of a national survey confirmed that shifting intentions were a function of shifting beliefs: people with stronger intention to vaccinate were most motivated by protecting others and reopening society; those reluctant were most concerned about side effects.

Keywords: COVID-19; The Netherlands; beliefs; intentions; psychosocial determinants; vaccine hesitancy.

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Conflict of interest: None declared.

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Figure 1
Intention to get vaccinated against COVID-19 according to a national trend survey, November 2020 to January 2021, the Netherlandsa,b
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Figure 2
Percentage of participants who indicated to ‘agree’ or ‘completely agree’ for the vaccination belief statements separated by (who intends to get) vaccinated (yellow), those who do not (red) and those who are in doubt (blue), national cohort survey Wave 10, the Netherlands, February 2021 (n = 52,400)
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