NDLI: Why healthcare providers are not vaccinated? A qualitative study during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran

Content Provider	Springer Nature : BioMed Central
Author	Kokabisaghi, Fatemeh Akhtar, Fatemeh Taghipour, Ali Javan-Noughabi, Javad Moghri, Javad Tabatabaee, Seyed Saeed
Abstract	Background Vaccination has been effective in controlling contagious diseases, especially among high-risk groups such as medical staff. Their unwillingness to be vaccinated might adversely affect individual and public health. This study aimed to explore the factors related to the refusal of COVID-19 vaccines among health service providers. Methods A qualitative study was conducted on 28 healthcare providers in Mashhad, Northeast of Iran from March to June 2022. The method of data collection was face-to-face interviews. The purposive method was used for sampling. Data collection continued until the saturation was reached. To analyze the data, the content analysis method was applied, and Maxqda (version 10) software was used. Results By analyzing interview transcripts, six themes and ten sub-themes were extracted. Factors that explained employees’ reluctance to be vaccinated against COVID-19 were the opinion of peers, lack of trust in vaccines, fear of vaccination, mistrust to the government and health authorities, low perceived risk of coronavirus disease, and the contradictions of traditional and modern medicine in their approach to controlling the disease. Conclusions Among healthcare workers, concerns about the side effects of vaccines were the most influential factors in refusing vaccination. Providing reliable information about vaccines and their safety is key to increasing the trust of health workers in vaccination and facilitating its acceptance.
Related Links	https://bmcprimcare.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s12875-023-02166-7.pdf
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Page Count	10
Starting Page	1
File Format	HTM / HTML
ISSN	27314553
DOI	10.1186/s12875-023-02166-7
Journal	BMC Primary Care
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	24
Language	English
Publisher	BioMed Central
Publisher Date	2023-10-13
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	General Practice Family Medicine Primary Care Medicine Refusal Acceptability Willingness Healthcare provider COVID-19 vaccine
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Family Practice
Journal Impact Factor	3.2/2023
5-Year Journal Impact Factor	3.3/2023

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