Explaining higher Covid-19 vaccination among some US primary care professionals.
Soc Sci Med
; 301: 114935, 2022 05.
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| ID: mdl-35334260
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:
Research in several countries shows higher Covid-19 vaccination willingness and uptake among physicians than nurses. Our paper aims to characterize and explain this difference.METHODS:
In early 2021, we surveyed 1047 U.S. primary care professionals who served adolescents, ages 11-17. The national sample included physicians (71%) as well as nurses and advanced practice providers. The survey assessed the three domains of the Increasing Vaccination Model thinking and feeling, social processes, and direct behavior change.RESULTS:
Covid-19 vaccine uptake was higher among physicians than among nurses and advanced practice providers (91% vs. 76%, p < .05). Overall, in the thinking and feeling domain, higher confidence in Covid-19 vaccination, higher perceived susceptibility to the disease, and stronger anticipated regret were associated with higher vaccine uptake (all p < .05). In the social processes domain, perceiving more positive social norms for Covid-19 vaccination, receiving recommendations to get the vaccine, and wanting to help others were associated with higher vaccine uptake (all p < .05). In the direct behavior change domain, receiving an invitation to get the vaccine and better access to vaccination were associated with higher uptake (both p < .05). Of these variables, most of the thinking and feeling and social processes variables mediated the association of training with vaccine uptake.CONCLUSIONS:
Physicians had higher Covid-19 vaccine uptake than nurses and advanced practice providers, corresponding with their more supportive vaccine beliefs and social experiences. Efforts to reach the remaining unvaccinated cohort can build on these findings.Palavras-chave
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Vacinas
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COVID-19
Tipo de estudo:
Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2022
Tipo de documento:
Article