Despite mandated primary series, health care personnel still hesitant about COVID-19 vaccine and immunizing children

CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Despite mandated COVID-19 vaccination, a substantial proportion of HCP remained vaccine hesitant towards adult booster doses and pediatric COVID-19 vaccination. While provider recommendation has been the mainstay of combatting COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, a gap exists between HCP-despite clinical or administrative status-and the ability to communicate the need for vaccination in a healthcare setting. While previous studies describe the HCP vaccine mandate as a positive force to overcome vaccine hesitancy, we have found that despite a mandate, there is still substantial COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, misinformation, and reluctance to vaccinate children.PMID:38604909 | DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.04.028

Source: Vaccine - April 11, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Mundeep K Kainth Grace N Sembajwe Heejoon Ahn Min Qian Maxine Carrington Donna Armellino Sophia Jan Source Type: research