COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among unvaccinated individuals in a primary care setting, Pretoria
Background: South Africa faced challenges while implementing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) measures such as mass vaccination. Some people rejected or were hesitant to receive government-recommended vaccines. This study explored COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy among unvaccinated individuals in a...
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| author | Dikonketjo M.P. Moeti Indiran Govender Tombo Bongongo |
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| description | Background: South Africa faced challenges while implementing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) measures such as mass vaccination. Some people rejected or were hesitant to receive government-recommended vaccines. This study explored COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy among unvaccinated individuals in a primary care setting in Pretoria, South Africa.
Methods: This was an exploratory phenomenological study that included one-on-one interviews with 12 individuals at Temba Community Health Centre in Pretoria, South Africa.
Results: The research revealed five themes: perceptions of COVID-19 disease, perceptions of COVID-19 vaccine, factors related to non-vaccination, information sources about the COVID-19 vaccine, and long-term vaccination decisions. There were seven linked sub-themes.
Conclusion: Overall, participants had a good understanding of COVID-19 disease, but limited knowledge about the vaccine, causing hesitancy to get vaccinated. Reasons for not getting vaccinated included health-related concerns, safety concerns, personal experiences, and social and political factors. Safety and health-related concerns were prevalent, with adverse vaccine outcomes being the most common concern. Most participants had experienced a historic encounter with a vaccine-related death or illness.
Contribution: Vaccine hesitancy should be viewed as a powerful concern from the community, and a key source of worry for the health authorities over any vaccine-related doubt. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-21b805c8af1e4dba80cd43688572895b2025-08-20T03:47:07ZengAOSISSouth African Family Practice2078-61902078-62042024-09-01661e1e910.4102/safp.v66i1.59884467COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among unvaccinated individuals in a primary care setting, PretoriaDikonketjo M.P. Moeti0Indiran Govender1Tombo Bongongo2Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, School of Medicine, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, PretoriaDepartment of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, School of Medicine, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, PretoriaDepartment of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, School of Medicine, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, PretoriaBackground: South Africa faced challenges while implementing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) measures such as mass vaccination. Some people rejected or were hesitant to receive government-recommended vaccines. This study explored COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy among unvaccinated individuals in a primary care setting in Pretoria, South Africa. Methods: This was an exploratory phenomenological study that included one-on-one interviews with 12 individuals at Temba Community Health Centre in Pretoria, South Africa. Results: The research revealed five themes: perceptions of COVID-19 disease, perceptions of COVID-19 vaccine, factors related to non-vaccination, information sources about the COVID-19 vaccine, and long-term vaccination decisions. There were seven linked sub-themes. Conclusion: Overall, participants had a good understanding of COVID-19 disease, but limited knowledge about the vaccine, causing hesitancy to get vaccinated. Reasons for not getting vaccinated included health-related concerns, safety concerns, personal experiences, and social and political factors. Safety and health-related concerns were prevalent, with adverse vaccine outcomes being the most common concern. Most participants had experienced a historic encounter with a vaccine-related death or illness. Contribution: Vaccine hesitancy should be viewed as a powerful concern from the community, and a key source of worry for the health authorities over any vaccine-related doubt.https://safpj.co.za/index.php/safpj/article/view/5988covid-19 vaccine hesitancyunvaccinated individualsprimary health care settingvaccine safety concernspretoriasouth africa. |
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| title | COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among unvaccinated individuals in a primary care setting, Pretoria |
| title_full | COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among unvaccinated individuals in a primary care setting, Pretoria |
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| title_short | COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among unvaccinated individuals in a primary care setting, Pretoria |
| title_sort | covid 19 vaccine hesitancy among unvaccinated individuals in a primary care setting pretoria |
| topic | covid-19 vaccine hesitancy unvaccinated individuals primary health care setting vaccine safety concerns pretoria south africa. |
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