Abstract
What is already known about this topic? The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine development has been progressing, but acceptance of the new vaccines by healthcare workers (HCWs) was not well known prior to approval of COVID-19 vaccines in China. What is added by this report? This study found that before vaccine approval, Beijing HCWs expressed moderate willingness to get vaccinated. Factors positively influencing willingness included free vaccination and belief that the vaccine had been fully evaluated. A negatively influencing factor was presence of an underlying disease. Trust in vaccines, in general, was positively associated with willingness to get new vaccines. What are the implications for public health practice? COVID-19 vaccines should be provided at no cost to HCWs. Effective measures should be taken to enhance the acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination among HCWs in China.
Highlights
Most (90.4%) respondents were less than 50 years old and most were female (80.4%); 70.3% had participated in prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic; 34.4% came from departments directly involved in diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 patients; 35.1% reported having received other vaccines in the past three years; and 10.9% reported presence of an underlying disease
In multiple logistic regression models, positive factors significantly associated with intention to get vaccinated included “received other vaccines in the past three years,” “received seasonal influenza vaccine,” agreed with “suffering from COVID-19 virus infection is serious,” “China’s epidemic will come back,” “the global epidemic will last for a long time,” “COVID-19 can be prevented by vaccination”, “the vaccine is safe,” and “the vaccine is effective.”
Two factors showed stronger positive associations — “wanting the vaccine to be free of charge” (OR: 5.78, 95% CI: 5.05–6.60, P
Summary
Perception of the COVID-19 Epidemic and Acceptance of Vaccination Among Healthcare Workers Prior to Vaccine Licensure — Beijing Municipality, China, May–July 2020. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine development has been progressing, but acceptance of the new vaccines by healthcare workers (HCWs) was not well known prior to approval of COVID-19 vaccines in China. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines are expected to be widely used, but awareness and acceptance of the new COVID-19 vaccines by healthcare workers (HCWs) was not well known prior to approval by China’s vaccine regulatory authority. Multivariate analyses found two factors strongly associated with willingness, “wanting the vaccine to be free of charge” (OR: 5.78, 95% CI: 5.05–6.60, P
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