Brent E Hagel, Alison Macpherson, Andrew Howard, Pamela Fuselli, Marie-Soleil Cloutier, Meghan Winters, Sarah A Richmond, Linda Rothman, Kathy Belton, Ron Buliung, Carolyn A Emery, Guy Faulkner, Jacqueline Kennedy, Tracey Ma, Colin Macarthur, Gavin R McCormack, Greg Morrow, Alberto Nettel-Aguirre, Liz Owens, Ian Pike, Kelly Russell, Juan Torres, Donald Voaklander, Tania Embree, Tate Hubka
The built environment and active transportation safety in children and youth: a study protocol
BMC public health
vaccines play crucial role eradicating containing disease outbreaks therefore understanding reasons behind vaccine refusal associated factors essential improving vaccine acceptance rates objective examine determinants covid19 vaccine nonuptake explore reasons nonuptake among healthcare workers hcws uganda july august 2021 conducted crosssectional study among healthcare workers primary healthcare facilities private government entebbe municipality uganda participants recruited using convenience sampling consenting individuals received credentials access electronic database complete structured questionnaire established hcws contact registers municipality study conducted national lock therefore hcws duty time study approached survey questions based 3cs model vaccine hesitancy focused confidence convenience complacency factors nonuptake vaccines defined received available vaccines country employed counts percentages simple logit models summarize reasons nonuptake covid19 vaccines identify associated factors study recruited 360 hcws 617 female average age 31 years sd 79 among 124 344 healthcare workers receive covid19 vaccine nonuptake covid19 vaccines independently associated several factors including age 35 years adjusted odds ratio aor 030 95 ci 013066 compared 1824 years facility ownership government aor 022 010049 compared private notforprofit previous testing coronavirus yes aor 035 019065 previous involvement covid19 vaccine activities yes aor 017 010029 primary reasons cited nonuptake covid19 vaccines related lack confidence vaccines concerns side effects 798 need time understand vaccines 895 well importance weighing benefits risks 847 vaccinated smaller proportion approximately 23 cited reasons related complacency lack convenience accessing vaccination services high proportion nonuptake covid19 vaccines among population primarily stems lack confidence trust vaccines coupled insufficient time allowed users make informed decisions underscores urgent need ongoing monitoring trend analysis vaccine nonuptake guide development implementation strategies aimed building sustaining vaccine confidence adequate time allowed explain benefits vaccination population allay fears might exist actual vaccination rolled