Shifting COVID-19 Vaccine Intentions in New Zealand: Next Steps in the Vaccination Campaign.

Jagadish Thaker,Brian Floyd

doi:10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100278

Jagadish Thaker, Brian Floyd

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100278

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Abstract

Shifting COVID-19 Vaccine Intentions in New Zealand: Next Steps in the Vaccination Campaign.

Highlights

Few studies inform us about the New Zealand public intentions to get a COVID-19 vaccine, even as the vaccine rollout has been slow—a pattern similar to Australia, unlike several other developed countries [1]
In longitudinal online nationally representative surveys conducted between March1 and May 2021 (N=650), there is a sixpercentage point increase among the New Zealand respondents who will ‘definitely’ take COVID-19 vaccine to protect themselves from 61% in March 2021 to 67% in May 2021 (67%)
Maori respondents were 2 times (Odds Ratio [OR] = 2.28, [1.22, 4.26]) more likely to become more enthusiastic about COVID-19 vaccination in preceding three months compared to European New Zealanders, holding other socio-demographic variables constant

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Introduction

Few studies inform us about the New Zealand public intentions to get a COVID-19 vaccine, even as the vaccine rollout has been slow—a pattern similar to Australia, unlike several other developed countries [1]. Jagadish Thaker a,1,∗, Brian Floyd b a School of Communication, Journalism & Marketing, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand b Independent Researcher article info A recent study by Prickett and colleagues [3] in the Lancet Regional Health – Wester Pacific found that while a majority of New Zealanders (71%) say they are likely to take a COVID-19 vaccine, a significant minority were unsure (15%) or unlikely (14%) to get a vaccine.

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