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. 2022 May 3;9(8):ofac224.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofac224. eCollection 2022 Aug.

COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Health Care Workers in Four Health Care Systems in Atlanta

Sheetal Kandiah  1 , Onyinye Iheaku  2 , Mirza Farrque  3 , Jasmah Hanna  2 , Kalisha Bonds Johnson  4 , Zanthia Wiley  1 , Nicole M Franks  5 , Kelley Carroll  6 , Sangmin Ryan Shin  7 , Kanika Michele Sims  8 , Ambar Kulshreshtha  9 ; CROSS Collaborative
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COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Health Care Workers in Four Health Care Systems in Atlanta

Sheetal Kandiah et al. Open Forum Infect Dis. .

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine hesitancy among health care workers (HCWs) undermines community vaccine confidence. Predictors and reasons for HCW hesitancy in the Atlanta region were evaluated using a survey between May and June 2021. Vaccine hesitancy was highest in younger and less educated HCWs. Interventions to address vaccine hesitancy in HCWs are necessary.

Keywords: COVID-19 vaccines; vaccine hesitancy; vaccines.

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Conflict of interest statement

Potential conflicts of interest. Z.W., M.F., K.B.J., K.C., A.K., S.K., S.S., K.S., J.H., O.I., and N.F. do not have an association that might pose a conflict of interest. All authors have submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest. Conflicts that the editors consider relevant to the content of the manuscript have been disclosed.

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