COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Healthcare Workers in Four Healthcare Systems in Atlanta

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Sheetal Kandiah, Emory University; Onyinye Iheaku, Emory University; Mirza Farrque, Emory University; Jasmah Hanna, Emory University; Kalisha Bonds Johnson, Emory University; Zanthia Wiley, Emory University; Nicole Franks, Emory University; Kelley Carroll, Ambulatory Care Services, Grady Health System; Sangmin R Shin, The Southeast Permanente Medical Group; Kanika Michele Sims, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta; Ambar Kulshreshtha, Emory University
• Language: English
• Date: 2022-05-03
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Version: Author Accepted Manuscript (After Peer Review)
• Copyright Statement: © The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America.
• License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac224
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: Open Forum Infectious Diseases
• Grant/Funding Information: Z.W., A.K., S.K., S.S., K.S., J.H., O.I., and N.F. received grant support from the Woodruff Health Sciences Center for Urgent Research Engagement (CURE Grant), made possible by philanthropic support from the O. Wayne Rollins Foundation and the William Randolph Hearst Foundation.
• Keywords: covid-19 vaccines; vaccine hesitancy; vaccines

Abstract

COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among healthcare workers (HCW) undermines community vaccine confidence. Predictors and reasons for HCW hesitancy in the Atlanta region were evaluated using a survey between May and June 2021. Vaccine hesitancy was highest in younger and less educated HCW. Interventions to address vaccine hesitancy in HCW are necessary.