Understanding factors associated with COVID-19 vaccination among health care workers using the Diffusion of Innovation Theory - 20/04/24
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Résumé |
Background |
The COVID-19 vaccine was initially offered to frontline health care workers (HCWs), due to the high risk of contracting COVID-19 through occupational exposure to patients. Low HCW vaccine uptake can impact overall community-level vaccine uptake. This study used the Diffusion of Innovation (DOI) Theory to understand factors related to COVID-19 vaccine uptake in HCWs.
Methods |
We surveyed Pennsylvanian HCWs (excluding Philadelphia) from August 2022 to February 2023. Survey questions inquired about demographics, COVID-19 vaccination status, reasons for receiving/declining the COVID-19 vaccine, and sources of information about the vaccine.
Results |
Participants (n = 3,490) were 85% female, 89% White, and 93% (n = 3,255) reported receiving at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. HCWs were categorized into adopter categories of the DOI Theory: innovators (56%), early adopters (9%), early majority (11%), late majority (7%), and laggards (17%). The major reason that prompted participants to get the vaccine was to protect them against COVID-19 infection (78%), while the major reason for declining the vaccine was due to concern about possible side effects from the vaccine (78%).
Conclusions |
We applied the DOI Theory to characterize adopters and identify factors related to COVID-19 vaccine uptake in HCWs. As updated COVID-19 vaccines are approved for the United States market, our findings may be used to improve vaccine education and communication among HCWs to support vaccine uptake.
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• | The Diffusion of Innovation Theory was used to characterize COVID-19 vaccine uptake. |
• | Most health care workers were categorized as innovators and early adopters. |
• | Factors related to COVID-19 vaccine uptake vary by category of adoption. |
Key Words : Innovators, Early adopters, Vaccine refusal, Pennsylvania
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| Conflicts of interest: Gail C. D’Souza: None. Casey N. Pinto: Funding for this project from Commonwealth of PA. Previous consulting work with Roche and BD, and support for attending meetings from American Sexually Transmitted Disease Association. Cara L. Exten: Funding for this project from Pennsylvania Department of Health: Frontline HCW. Jessica M. Yingst: None. Jonathan Foulds: I have funding from numerous NIH grants, unrelated to this project. (National Institute on Drug Abuse [NIDA] and NCI. I consulted Johnson & Johnson within the past 3 years, on clinical trial design, unrelated to the current paper. I received payment for providing lectures on Smoking Cessation from the University of Florida, unrelated to the present work. I received support for attending meetings as part of my NIH grant funding, unrelated to the present paper. I used my NIH grant funding to purchase products for use in clinical trials (eg, electronic cigarettes), unrelated to the current study. Jocelyn Anderson: Grant from the Pennsylvanian Department of Health (Awarded to PIs Pinto and Exten). Rachel Allen: Funding for this project from Pennsylvania Department of Health: Frontline HCW. William A. Calo: I have funding from the National Cancer Institute—grants R37CA253279, P01CA250989, R01CA254659 and R01CA268017. I also received funding from CDC—grant 6NU58DP006587–01, and Pennsylvania Immunization Coalition—no grant number. I received a one-time payment from Roche for a lecture offered in 2022. I serve as a co-leader, for the Pennsylvania HPV Vaccination Workgroup. |
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| Funding/support: This work was supported by the Pennsylvania Department of Health (OSP No. 221950). |
Vol 52 - N° 5
P. 509-516 - mai 2024 Retour au numéro
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