Byung-Kwang Yoo, Stanley J Schaffer, Sharon G Humiston, Cynthia M Rand, Nicolas P N Goldstein, Christina S Albertin, Cathleen Concannon, Peter G Szilagyi
Cost effectiveness of school-located influenza vaccination programs for elementary and secondary school children
BMC health services research
vaccine hesitancy refusal hinder control infectious diseases coronavirus disease 2019 covid19 although forcibly displaced individuals high risk contracting covid19 evidence shows less likely accept covid19 vaccine given predicament factors influencing vaccine uptake general population might differ vastly displaced populations given limited evidence vaccine uptake humanitarian settings current study examined determinants covid19 vaccine uptake among forcibly displaced libya data extracted world bankunited nations high commissioner refugees unhcr microdata repository data collected april july 2021 rollout first dose covid19 vaccine libya percentages means standard deviations used quantify distribution sample population logistic regression models employed identify factors influencing covid19 vaccine uptake odds ratios ors p values used present regression analysis results study revealed people unaffected covid19 less likely 71 95ci 067089 accept vaccine similarly individuals access free covid19 vaccines likely vaccinated without free vaccines 38 95ci 019028 finally results indicated individuals six times likely vaccinated mass vaccination sites 631 95ci 546 794 192 times likely vaccinated local health centers 192 95ci 0172311 hospitals distant health facilities implementing comprehensive mass vaccination venues public education initiatives awareness campaigns regarding importance vaccination decrease vaccine hesitancy among forcibly displaced