Attitudes of health care workers toward COVID-19 vaccination: A literature review

Daria Łaskawiec-Żuławińska; Marika Wlazło; Mateusz Grajek; Ilona Korzonek-Szlacheta

doi:10.59400/apr.v2i1.347

Attitudes of health care workers toward COVID-19 vaccination: A literature review

Daria Łaskawiec-Żuławińska Department of Prevention of Metabolic Diseases, Department of Public Health, Bytom, Silesian Medical University in Katowice, Piekarska 18, 41-902 Bytom, Poland
Marika Wlazło Department of Prevention of Metabolic Diseases, Department of Public Health, Bytom, Silesian Medical University in Katowice, Piekarska 18, 41-902 Bytom, Poland
Mateusz Grajek Department of Public Health, Faculty of Public Health, Bytom, Silesian Medical University in Katowice, Piekarska 18, 41-902 Bytom, Poland
Ilona Korzonek-Szlacheta Department of Prevention of Metabolic Diseases, Department of Public Health, Bytom, Silesian Medical University in Katowice, Piekarska 18, 41-902 Bytom, Poland

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.59400/apr.v2i1.347

Keywords: vaccination; health care workers; vaccination acceptance; COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

One of the main goals of current COVID-19 vaccination programs is to achieve herd immunity, which would inhibit further spread of the virus. However, achieving this goal is impossible without widespread public acceptance of vaccination. As a result, concerns about the decision to accept vaccination have become a key public health challenge on a global scale in recent years. Healthcare workers’ attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccination are mostly related to accepting vaccine preparations and recommending them to patients. This is of great importance for maintaining the continuity of health care, as it contributes to protecting medical workers from SARS-CoV-2 virus infection and thus counteracts their absenteeism. In turn, with an adequate number of employees in healthcare facilities, it is possible to provide proper care to patients in a life- or health-threatening condition. In addition, medics are often considered authorities on health issues. Therefore, their trust and submission to vaccination will positively influence the public and encourage them to undergo the COVID-19 vaccination.

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2023-12-29

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Łaskawiec-Żuławińska, D., Wlazło, M., Grajek, M., & Korzonek-Szlacheta, I. (2023). Attitudes of health care workers toward COVID-19 vaccination: A literature review. Applied Psychology Research, 2(1), 347. https://doi.org/10.59400/apr.v2i1.347

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