Abstract
OBJECTIVES To explore the perception of health care providers regarding covid-19 vaccination. METHODOLOGY A phenomenological qualitative study was carried out in tertiary care government hospitals of Peshawar. Data from 15 health care providers were collected via interviews. Permission from the university ethical review board and hospital administration was granted. Consent forms were granted from the participants before data collection. RESULTS The mean age of the participants was 34.31 years. Overall, 117 codes were identified after the initial analysis. A total of 15 codes were identified after omitting the unnecessary codes. These 15 codes were arranged into 4 themes as “Information”, “Potential Benefits”, “Responsibility”, and “Hesitancy”. CONCLUSION The findings of the study concluded that health care providers need information regarding the protentional benefits and they accept that it’s the responsibility of them to smoothly proceed the process of vaccination. The study highlighted that information regarding covid-19 vaccination is very important for health care workers. Similarly, potential benefits of vaccination are highlighted and vaccination hesitancy was also described in this study. KEYWORDS: Perception, Covid-19, Vaccination, Health Care Workers, Tertiary Care Hospital
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