Trust in government, intention to vaccinate and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: A comparative survey of five large cities in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia.
Vaccine
; 40(17): 2498-2505, 2022 04 14.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1683644
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
There is widespread hesitancy towards COVID-19 vaccines in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia.OBJECTIVE:
To identify predictors of willingness to vaccinate against COVID-19 in five cities with varying COVID-19 incidence in the US, UK, and Australia.DESIGN:
Online, cross-sectional survey of adults from Dynata's research panel in July-September 2020. PARTICIPANTS,SETTING:
Adults aged 18 and over in Sydney, Melbourne, London, New York City, or Phoenix. MAIN OUTCOMES ANDMEASURES:
Willingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccine; reason for vaccine intention. STATISTICALMETHODS:
To identify predictors of intention to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, we used Poisson regression with robust error estimation to produce prevalence ratios.RESULTS:
The proportion willing to receive a COVID-19 vaccine was 70% in London, 71% NYC, 72% in Sydney, 76% in Phoenix, and 78% in Melbourne. Age was the only sociodemographic characteristic that predicted willingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccine in all five cities. In Sydney and Melbourne, participants with high confidence in their current government had greater willingness to receive the vaccine (PRâ¯=â¯1.24; 95% CIâ¯=â¯1.07-1.44 and PRâ¯=â¯1.38; 95% CIâ¯=â¯1.74-1.62), while participants with high confidence in their current government in NYC and Phoenix were less likely to be willing to receive the vaccine (PRâ¯=â¯0.78; 95% CIâ¯=â¯0.72-0.85 and PRâ¯=â¯0.85; 95% CIâ¯=â¯0.76-0.96).LIMITATIONS:
Consumer panels can be subject to bias and may not be representative of the general population.CONCLUSIONS:
Success for COVID-19 vaccination programs requires high levels of vaccine acceptance. Our data suggests more than 25% of adults may not be willing to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, but many of them were not explicitly anti-vaccination and thus may become more willing to vaccinate over time. Among the three countries surveyed, there appears to be cultural differences, political influences, and differing experiences with COVID-19 that may affect willingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Vaccines
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Vaccines
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
North America
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Europa
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Oceania
Language:
English
Journal:
Vaccine
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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