Health Care Professionals’ Views about Vaccination for COVID-19: A Qualitative Research in Primary Health Care Settings

Maria Moudatsou; Areti Stavropoulou; Michael Rovithis; Sofia Koukouli

doi:10.3390/IECH2022-12302

Medical Sciences Forum (Feb 2022)

Health Care Professionals’ Views about Vaccination for COVID-19: A Qualitative Research in Primary Health Care Settings

Maria Moudatsou,
Areti Stavropoulou,
Michael Rovithis,
Sofia Koukouli

Affiliations

Maria Moudatsou: Department of Social Work, School of Health Sciences, Hellenic Mediterranean University, GR-71410 Heraklion, Greece
Areti Stavropoulou: Laboratory of Interdisciplinary Approaches for the Enhancement of Quality of Life (Quality of Life Lab), Hellenic Mediterranean University, GR-71410 Heraklion, Greece
Michael Rovithis: Laboratory of Interdisciplinary Approaches for the Enhancement of Quality of Life (Quality of Life Lab), Hellenic Mediterranean University, GR-71410 Heraklion, Greece
Sofia Koukouli: Department of Social Work, School of Health Sciences, Hellenic Mediterranean University, GR-71410 Heraklion, Greece

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/IECH2022-12302
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
p. 3

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The COVID-19 pandemic had many political, economic, and social consequences for individuals, families and communities. Vaccines play a crucial role for its effective treatment and health care professionals are key persons toward that aim, as they contribute to a successful implementation of the COVID-19 vaccination programs. Therefore, their personal views are of utmost importance. The purpose of this study was to investigate health care professionals’ willingness to get vaccinated and their perceptions and concerns about the vaccination process.

Published in Medical Sciences Forum

ISSN: 2673-9992 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/msf

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