Hyland, P., Vallières, F., Shevlin, M., Bentall, R.P., McKay, R., Hartman, T.K., McBride, O. and Murphy, J. (2021) Resistance to COVID-19 vaccination has increased in Ireland and the United Kingdom during the pandemic. Public Health, 195. pp. 54-56. ISSN 0033-3506
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Abstract
Objectives: Hesitance and resistance to COVID-19 vaccination poses a serious challenge to achieving adequate vaccine uptake in the general population. Cross-sectional data from the early months of the pandemic indicates that approximately one-third of adults in multiple nations are hesitant or resistant to a vaccine for COVID-19. Using longitudinal data, we tracked changes in attitudes to COVID-19 vaccination during the pandemic.
Study design: This is a quantitative, longitudinal design.
Method: Nationally representative samples of the adult general population of the Republic of Ireland
(N ¼ 1041) and the United Kingdom (N ¼ 2025) were assessed for their attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination at three points from March to August 2020.
Results: Statistically significant increases in resistance to COVID-19 vaccination were observed in Irish
(from 9.5% to 18.1%) and British (from 6.2% to 10%) adults.
Conclusion: Resistance to vaccination has significantly increased in two European nations as the
pandemic has progressed. Growing resistance to COVID-19 vaccination will pose a challenge to public
health officials responsible for ensuring sufficient vaccine coverage
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | Cite as: Hyland, P., Vallières, F., Shevlin, M., Bentall, R.P., McKay, R., Hartman, T.K., McBride, O. and Murphy, J. (2021) Resistance to COVID-19 vaccination has increased in Ireland and the United Kingdom during the pandemic. Public health (London), 195 54-56. © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of The Royal Society for Public Health. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) |
Keywords: | COVID-19 vaccine; Vaccine resistance; Vaccine hesitance |
Academic Unit: | Assisting Living & Learning,ALL institute Faculty of Science and Engineering > Psychology |
Item ID: | 16942 |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.puhe.2021.04.009 |
Depositing User: | Philip Hyland |
Date Deposited: | 14 Feb 2023 15:54 |
Journal or Publication Title: | Public Health |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
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URI: | https://mu.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/16942 |
Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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