Trends in Health Care Worker Intentions to Receive a COVID-19 Vaccine and Reasons for Hesitancy

Michelle N Meyer; Tamara Gjorgjieva; Daniel Rosica

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.5344

Trends in Health Care Worker Intentions to Receive a COVID-19 Vaccine and Reasons for Hesitancy

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Mar 1;4(3):e215344. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.5344.

Authors

Michelle N Meyer^{1

2

3}, Tamara Gjorgjieva¹, Daniel Rosica¹

Affiliations

¹ Center for Translational Bioethics and Health Care Policy, Geisinger Health System, Danville, Pennsylvania.
² Steele Institute for Health Innovation, Geisinger Health System, Danville, Pennsylvania.
³ Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Abstract

This survey study queried employees of a health care system before COVID-19 vaccine distribution to assess their intentions to receive a vaccine and to understand their reasons for hesitancy to do so.

MeSH terms

Adult
Attitude of Health Personnel*
COVID-19* / epidemiology
COVID-19* / prevention & control
COVID-19* / psychology
Decision Making
Female
Health Personnel* / psychology
Health Personnel* / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Intention
Male
SARS-CoV-2
Surveys and Questionnaires
United States / epidemiology
Vaccination / psychology*
Vaccination Refusal / psychology