Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa Peninsula Medical School, Faculty of Health, University of Plymouth, UK.
S Afr Med J. 2022 Feb 2;112(1):13514.
An important step in preparation for the fourth COVID-19 wave is to provide healthcare workers (HCWs) with skills to facilitate behaviour change in vaccine-hesitant patients. Convincing members of the public who are vaccine hesitant rather than anti-vaxxers should be the focus of our efforts. Our experience is that vaccine-hesitant individuals and anti-vaxxers are generally distinct cohorts, with differing reasons for their vaccine reluctance. If we are to truly address hesitancy, we must take time to understand the reasons for an individual's hesitancy. Developing a conceptual framework and skills for HCWs during encounters with unvaccinated individuals will be important not only for shifting some to get vaccinated, but also to manage the complex emotions that HCWs will undoubtedly be forced to confront during the fourth wave.
为应对第四波 COVID-19 疫情做好准备的重要步骤之一，是为医护人员提供技能，以促进对疫苗犹豫不决的患者改变行为。我们应把重点放在说服那些对疫苗持犹豫态度而非坚决反对疫苗接种的公众成员上。我们的经验表明，对疫苗持犹豫态度的人和坚决反对疫苗接种的人通常是两个不同的群体，他们对疫苗接种犹豫不决的原因也不同。如果我们要真正解决犹豫问题，就必须花时间了解个人犹豫的原因。在与未接种疫苗的个人接触时，为医护人员制定概念框架和技能将非常重要，这不仅有助于促使一些人接种疫苗，还有助于管理医护人员在第四波疫情期间无疑将被迫面对的复杂情绪。
