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- Title
Knowledge, Attitudes and Perceptions of COVID-19 Vaccination among Healthcare Workers of an Inner-City Hospital in New York.
- Authors
Ciardi, Federico; Menon, Vidya; Jensen, Jamie L.; Shariff, Masood A; Pillai, Anjana; Venugopal, Usha; Kasubhai, Moiz; Dimitrov, Vihren; Kanna, Balavenkatesh; Poole, Brian D.; Ramaci, Tiziana; Barattucci, Massimiliano
- Abstract
Introduction: New York City is one of the areas most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Healthcare workers are among those at high risk of contracting the virus, and a vital source of information and trust in vaccines to the community. Methods: This study was conducted about attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination among healthcare workers at a public hospital in New York City during the beginning of COVID-19 vaccination. 428 hospital employees responded. Results: Several factors were significantly associated with vaccine attitudes, including demographics such as gender (p = 0.002), age (p = 0.005), race (p < 0.001) and home location (p < 0.001), role within the hospital (p < 0.001), knowledge about the virus (p < 0.001) and confidence in and expectations about personal protective equipment and behaviors (p < 0.001). Structural equation modeling revealed that the most predictive factors were prior vaccine attitudes and concern with the speed of testing and approval of the vaccines (p < 0.001). Multivariate analysis reinforced these, while also identifying perceived personal risk as significant (p = 0.033). Conclusions: Several modifiable factors that reflect confidence in science, scientific knowledge, personal risk perception, experience and medical authority are correlated with vaccine attitudes, indicating that a holistic educational approach to improve trust in science is likely to be effective in long-term reduction in vaccine hesitancy.
- Subjects
NEW York (N.Y.); NEW York (State); MEDICAL personnel; COVID-19 vaccines; HOSPITAL personnel; VACCINATION; COVID-19 pandemic
- Publication
Vaccines, 2021, Vol 9, Issue 5, p516
- ISSN
2076-393X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/vaccines9050516