What is it about?
Acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination of medical personnel reduces the spread of infection. This paper evaluates healthcare professionals' attitudes toward vaccination by the health belief model.
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Why is it important?
Our findings show that most medical personnel agreed to get the COVID-19 vaccination. The high rate of COVID-19 vaccination among medical personnel shows that they have a high-risk perception of infection. Among Health Belief Model components, cues to actions had the greatest importance in willingness to carry out vaccination. The main pushbacks against the vaccination included the development of a vaccine in a short period, fear of side effects, lack of reliable information about vaccination, and negative information spread by the media.
Perspectives
Recommendations by healthcare workers, health authorities, media, and the provision of trustworthy information facilitate vaccination. The regulatory responsibilities of the state and the public's trust in it play a crucial role in raising the awareness of the population about the vaccine.
Tengiz Verulava
Caucasus University
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This page is a summary of: Healthcare Workers’ Readiness for COVID-19 Vaccination Using Health Belief
Model, New Emirates Medical Journal, May 2024, Bentham Science Publishers,
DOI: 10.2174/0102506882297196240320093725.
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