Abstract
Aim. Identification and construction of the typology of attitudes of health care professionals in Ukraine to the current COVID-19 situation and vaccination process. Methods. Transcripts of 49 semi-structured interviews subjected to thematic analysis constituted the subject matter of the analysis. On the basis of the categories identified within the thematic analysis process, a typology was developed, with due account of two parameters: the idea about the origin of the virus: artificial or natural, and the attitude of the informants to the policy (implementation of policy decisions) chosen by the authorities to fight the virus. Combination of these two parameters gives four standpoints—types of attitude of health care professionals to the risks associated with COVID-19. Results and conclusion. Analysis of the results has enabled to outline the problem field for assessing the risk of COVID-19, which includes three topics, as well as to point out four typical standpoints in the attitude displayed by health care professionals that are marked as “magical thinking,” “technological thinking,” “negativistic thinking,” “critical thinking.” Originality. The research was conducted during the third wave of coronavirus in Ukraine, therefore, it reflects the analysed opinions of health care professionals about the threat of COVID-19 and vaccination process. The fact that the research was performed using qualitative methods ensured focusing on subjective peculiarities of the perception of changes in the COVID-19 situation.
Highlights
Analysis of the results has enabled to outline the problem field for assessing the risk of COVID-19, which includes three topics, as well as to point
The research was conducted during the third wave of coronavirus in Ukraine, it reflects the analysed opinions of health care professionals about the threat of COVID-19 and vaccination process
Since all the risks should be considered through the prism of individual ideas about and perception of the threat as the determinant factors in the behavioural intentions (Klimanska, Klymanska, & Haletska, 2020), popular conspiracy theories behind COVID-19 constitute a permanent obstacle for virus spread prevention and limitation of the pandemic
Summary
The aim of this research is to analyse the subjective perception of the effect of the pandemic on life by health care professionals as well as to develop the typology of attitudes displayed by health care professionals in Ukraine to the current COVID-19 situation in general and to the vaccination process in particular
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