Robbins, Tim, Kyrou, Ioannis, Clark, Cain, Sharma, Kavi, Laird, Steven, Berry, Lisa, Morgan, Nina, Patel, Kiran, Sankar, Sailesh and Randeva, Harpal (2021). Healthcare Staff Perceptions Following Inoculation with the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine at University Hospitals Coventry Warwickshire NHS Trust. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (17),
Abstract
Background: COVID-19 vaccination programmes offer hope for a potential end to the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. We present perceptions following from a cohort of healthcare staff at the UK NHS hospital, which first initiated the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 (“Pfizer”) vaccination program. Methods: A paper-based survey regarding perceptions on the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine was distributed to all healthcare workers at the University Hospitals Coventry Warwickshire NHS Trust following receipt of the first vaccine dose. Results: 535 healthcare workers completed the survey, with a 40.9% response rate. Staff felt privileged to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Staff reported that they had minimised contact with patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19. Reported changes to activity following vaccination both at work and outside work were guarded. Statistically significant differences were noted between information sources used by staff groups and between groups of different ethnic backgrounds to inform decisions to receive vaccination. Conclusions: NHS staff felt privileged to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, and felt that their actions would promote uptake in the wider population. Concerns regarding risks and side effects existed, but were minimal. This research can be used to help inform strategies driving wider vaccine uptake amongst healthcare staff and the public.
Publication DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18179378 |
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Divisions: | College of Health & Life Sciences > Aston Medical School |
Additional Information: | Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/). |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | COVID-19,vaccination,healthcare staff,ethnicity |
Publication ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
Last Modified: | 04 Nov 2024 08:55 |
Date Deposited: | 08 Sep 2021 09:48 |
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PURE Output Type: | Article |
Published Date: | 2021-09-06 |
Accepted Date: | 2021-08-07 |
Authors: |
Robbins, Tim
Kyrou, Ioannis ( 0000-0002-6997-3439) Clark, Cain Sharma, Kavi Laird, Steven Berry, Lisa Morgan, Nina Patel, Kiran Sankar, Sailesh Randeva, Harpal |