Understanding a national increase in COVID-19 vaccination intention, the Netherlands, November 2020-March 2021
Sanders, J.G.; Spruijt, P.; van Dijk, M.; Elberse, J.; Lambooij, M.S.; Kroese, F.M.; de Bruin, M.
(2021) Eurosurveillance, volume 26, issue 36
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Abstract
The intention to get the COVID-19 vaccine increased from 48% (November 2020) to 75% (March 2021) as national campaigning in the Netherlands commenced. Using a mixed method approach we identified six vaccination beliefs and two contextual factors informing this increase. Analysis of a national survey confirmed that shifting intentions were
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a function of shifting beliefs: people with stronger intention to vaccinate were most motivated by protecting others and reopening society; those reluctant were most concerned about side effects.
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Keywords: Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Virology
ISSN: 1025-496X
Publisher: Centre Europeen pour la Surveillance Epidemiologique du SIDA
Note: Funding Information: Funding: This study was funded by the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport of the Netherlands. The funder played no role in developing the study. Funding Information: We gratefully acknowledge and thank our colleagues at GGD GHOR (The Association for Public Health and Safety in the Netherlands) who aided in the data collection process for this work and our colleagues at the Corona Behavioural Unit who contributed to the presented studies. In particular, we thank Sam Krouwel, Michelle Zonneveld, Annerike Gorter, Frank den Hertog, Fatima Arrahmani, Mirjam Busch, Lise Albers, Guus Luijben, Anne Buitenhuis, Colene Zomer, Coline van de Boogaard, Agnes Roos, Laurens Zwakhals, Bianca Snijders, Wijnand van den Boom, Saskia Euser, Esther Rikkengaa, Mariken Leurs. Publisher Copyright: © This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence and indicate if changes were made.
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