Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA; Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Vaccine. 2022 Sep 29;40(41):5856-5859. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.07.057. Epub 2022 Aug 5.
The majority of healthcare workers (HCW) in the US report being fully vaccinated against COVID-19, yet little is known about vaccine decision-making for their household members, including children.
Cross-sectional survey July-August 2021 of HCW and their household members in Minnesota.
94 % of eligible participants were vaccinated with the most common reasons being wanting to protect oneself, family and loved ones. Safety concerns were the most commonly reported reasons for not being vaccinated; a significantly higher proportion of unvaccinated compared to vaccinated HCW (58 % vs 12 %, p = 0.0035) and household adults (25 % vs 5 %, p = 0.03) reported prior SARS-CoV-2 infection. Nearly half of unvaccinated adults and two-thirds of unvaccinated children would be vaccinated if a vaccine mandate were in place.
Despite high COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among HCWs, more research is required to identify and address the needs and concerns of healthcare workers who decline COVID-19 vaccination despite availability.
美国大多数医护人员（HCW）已全面接种 COVID-19 疫苗，但对于他们的家庭成员（包括儿童）的疫苗接种决策知之甚少。
2021 年 7 月至 8 月，对明尼苏达州的 HCW 及其家庭成员进行了横断面调查。
94%符合条件的参与者已接种疫苗，最常见的原因是希望保护自己、家人和亲人。对安全性的担忧是未接种疫苗的最常见原因；与接种疫苗的 HCW（58%比 12%，p=0.0035）和成年家庭成员（25%比 5%，p=0.03）相比，未接种疫苗的 HCW 报告先前感染 SARS-CoV-2 的比例明显更高。如果实施疫苗强制接种令，近一半的未接种疫苗的成年人和三分之二的未接种疫苗的儿童将接种疫苗。
尽管 HCW 对 COVID-19 疫苗的接受程度很高，但仍需要进一步研究，以确定和解决尽管有疫苗供应但仍拒绝 COVID-19 疫苗接种的医护人员的需求和关注点。
