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Hum Vaccin Immunother
. 2024 Dec 31;20(1):2344290.
doi: 10.1080/21645515.2024.2344290. Epub 2024 Apr 29. Association between friends' hesitancy and personal COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among Chinese medical staff
Lili Huang[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Weiwei Hu[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Yanhong Jiang[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Weiwen Hong[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy remains problematic among healthcare workers. Social network influences may shape vaccine decision-making, but few studies have examined this in this critical workforce. We assessed the relationship between friends' COVID-19 vaccination attitudes and personal hesitancy among Chinese healthcare personnel. In December 2022-January 2023, a cross-sectional online survey was conducted at a tertiary hospital in China using WeChat. Of the 1832 healthcare personnel who were invited to answer the structured questionnaire, 613 (33.5%) samples had valid data for data analysis. Logistic regression examined the association between friends' hesitancy and participants' own hesitancy, adjusting for confounders. Of 613 healthcare workers included, 266 (43.4%) were hesitant. Those with hesitant friends had 6.34 times higher adjusted odds of hesitating themselves versus those without hesitant friends (95% CI 2.97-13.52). Strong associations persisted across subgroups. Chinese healthcare workers' COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy was highly influenced by perceived friends' attitudes. Fostering pro-vaccine social norms through trusted peer networks could help promote vaccine acceptance in this critical workforce.
Keywords: COVID-19; China; medical staff; social networks; vaccine hesitancy.
. 2024 Dec 31;20(1):2344290.
doi: 10.1080/21645515.2024.2344290. Epub 2024 Apr 29. Association between friends' hesitancy and personal COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among Chinese medical staff
Lili Huang[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Weiwei Hu[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Yanhong Jiang[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Weiwen Hong[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 38682698
- DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2024.2344290
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy remains problematic among healthcare workers. Social network influences may shape vaccine decision-making, but few studies have examined this in this critical workforce. We assessed the relationship between friends' COVID-19 vaccination attitudes and personal hesitancy among Chinese healthcare personnel. In December 2022-January 2023, a cross-sectional online survey was conducted at a tertiary hospital in China using WeChat. Of the 1832 healthcare personnel who were invited to answer the structured questionnaire, 613 (33.5%) samples had valid data for data analysis. Logistic regression examined the association between friends' hesitancy and participants' own hesitancy, adjusting for confounders. Of 613 healthcare workers included, 266 (43.4%) were hesitant. Those with hesitant friends had 6.34 times higher adjusted odds of hesitating themselves versus those without hesitant friends (95% CI 2.97-13.52). Strong associations persisted across subgroups. Chinese healthcare workers' COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy was highly influenced by perceived friends' attitudes. Fostering pro-vaccine social norms through trusted peer networks could help promote vaccine acceptance in this critical workforce.
Keywords: COVID-19; China; medical staff; social networks; vaccine hesitancy.