Alexandre de Figueiredo|Heidi J. Larson
Exploratory study of the global intent to accept COVID-19 vaccinations
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine|London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
world begins rollout multiple covid19 vaccines pandemic exit strategies hinge widespread acceptance vaccines study perform largescale global exploratory study examine levels covid19 vaccine acceptance explore sociodemographic determinants acceptancebetween october 31 2020 december 15 2020 26759 individuals surveyed across 32 countries via nationally representative survey designs bayesian methods used estimate covid19 vaccination acceptance explore sociodemographic determinants uptake well link selfreported health faith governments handling pandemic acceptancehere show intent accept covid19 vaccine low lebanon france croatia serbia populationlevel polarisation acceptance poland pakistan averaged across countries male 65 high level education believing government handling pandemic well associated increased stated acceptance countryspecific deviations belief government handling pandemic well brazil united states associated lower vaccination intent united kingdom find approval first covid19 vaccine december 2020 appear impact uks vaccine acceptance though rollout continued 2021 uks uptake exceeds stated intent largescale surveys conducted rolloutidentifying factors may modulate uptake novel covid19 vaccines inform effective immunisation programmes policies differential stated intent accept vaccines sociodemographic groups may yield insights specific causes low confidence may suggest inform targeted communication policies boost confidence