Attitudes of healthcare workers towards COVID-19 vaccination: a survey in France and French-speaking parts of Belgium and Canada, 2020

Pierre Verger (1) , Dimitri Scronias (1, 2) , Nicolas Dauby (3) , Kodzo Awoenam Adedzi (4) , Cathy Gobert (3) , Maxime Bergeat (5) , Arnaud Gagneur (6, 7) , Eve Dubé (4, 8)

1 ORS PACA - Observatoire régional de la santé Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur [Marseille]
2 CIC 1417 - CIC Cochin Pasteur
3 ULB - Université libre de Bruxelles
4 CRCHUQ - Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval
5 DREES - Direction de la recherche, des études, de l’évaluation et des statistiques [Paris]
6 UdeS - Université de Sherbrooke
7 CR CHUS - Centre de recherche du centre hospitalier de l'Université de Sherbrooke
8 ULaval - Université Laval [Québec]

In October and November 2020, we conducted a survey of 2,678 healthcare workers (HCWs) involved in general population immunisation in France, French-speaking Belgium and Quebec, Canada to assess acceptance of future COVID-19 vaccines (i.e. willingness to receive or recommend these) and its determinants. Of the HCWs, 48.6% (n = 1,302) showed high acceptance, 23.0% (n = 616) moderate acceptance and 28.4% (n = 760) hesitancy/reluctance. Hesitancy was mostly driven by vaccine safety concerns. These must be addressed before/during upcoming vaccination campaigns.

Keywords: COVID-19; healthcare workers; vaccination campaigns; vaccine acceptance; vaccine safety and efficacy

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Bacteriology; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Virology; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Parasitology; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Human health and pathology; Cardiology and cardiovascular system; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Human health and pathology; Emerging diseases; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Human health and pathology; Infectious diseases

Pierre Verger, Dimitri Scronias, Nicolas Dauby, Kodzo Awoenam Adedzi, Cathy Gobert, et al.. Attitudes of healthcare workers towards COVID-19 vaccination: a survey in France and French-speaking parts of Belgium and Canada, 2020. Eurosurveillance, 2021, 26 (3), ⟨10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.3.2002047⟩. ⟨hal-03666291⟩