Association between friends’ hesitancy and personal COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among Chinese medical staff
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy remains problematic among healthcare workers. Social network influences may shape vaccine decision-making, but few studies have examined this in this critical workforce. We assessed the relationship between friends’ COVID-19 vaccination attitudes and personal hesitancy amo...
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| description | COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy remains problematic among healthcare workers. Social network influences may shape vaccine decision-making, but few studies have examined this in this critical workforce. We assessed the relationship between friends’ COVID-19 vaccination attitudes and personal hesitancy among Chinese healthcare personnel. In December 2022–January 2023, a cross-sectional online survey was conducted at a tertiary hospital in China using WeChat. Of the 1832 healthcare personnel who were invited to answer the structured questionnaire, 613 (33.5%) samples had valid data for data analysis. Logistic regression examined the association between friends’ hesitancy and participants’ own hesitancy, adjusting for confounders. Of 613 healthcare workers included, 266 (43.4%) were hesitant. Those with hesitant friends had 6.34 times higher adjusted odds of hesitating themselves versus those without hesitant friends (95% CI 2.97–13.52). Strong associations persisted across subgroups. Chinese healthcare workers’ COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy was highly influenced by perceived friends’ attitudes. Fostering pro-vaccine social norms through trusted peer networks could help promote vaccine acceptance in this critical workforce. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4da3cedff3484caf9bec09cd5fc892cf2025-08-20T02:16:46ZengTaylor & Francis GroupHuman Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics2164-55152164-554X2024-12-0120110.1080/21645515.2024.2344290Association between friends’ hesitancy and personal COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among Chinese medical staffLili Huang0Weiwei Hu1Yanhong Jiang2Weiwen Hong3Department of Emergency, Huangyan Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Taizhou, Zhejiang, ChinaDepartment of General Surgery, Taizhou First People’s Hospital, Taizhou, Zhejiang, ChinaDepartment of Outpatient, Taizhou First People’s Hospital, Taizhou, Zhejiang, ChinaDepartment of Anus & Intestine Surgery, Taizhou First People’s Hospital, Taizhou, Zhejiang, ChinaCOVID-19 vaccine hesitancy remains problematic among healthcare workers. Social network influences may shape vaccine decision-making, but few studies have examined this in this critical workforce. We assessed the relationship between friends’ COVID-19 vaccination attitudes and personal hesitancy among Chinese healthcare personnel. In December 2022–January 2023, a cross-sectional online survey was conducted at a tertiary hospital in China using WeChat. Of the 1832 healthcare personnel who were invited to answer the structured questionnaire, 613 (33.5%) samples had valid data for data analysis. Logistic regression examined the association between friends’ hesitancy and participants’ own hesitancy, adjusting for confounders. Of 613 healthcare workers included, 266 (43.4%) were hesitant. Those with hesitant friends had 6.34 times higher adjusted odds of hesitating themselves versus those without hesitant friends (95% CI 2.97–13.52). Strong associations persisted across subgroups. Chinese healthcare workers’ COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy was highly influenced by perceived friends’ attitudes. Fostering pro-vaccine social norms through trusted peer networks could help promote vaccine acceptance in this critical workforce.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21645515.2024.2344290COVID-19vaccine hesitancymedical staffsocial networksChina |
| spellingShingle | Lili Huang Weiwei Hu Yanhong Jiang Weiwen Hong Association between friends’ hesitancy and personal COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among Chinese medical staff Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy medical staff social networks China |
| title | Association between friends’ hesitancy and personal COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among Chinese medical staff |
| title_full | Association between friends’ hesitancy and personal COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among Chinese medical staff |
| title_fullStr | Association between friends’ hesitancy and personal COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among Chinese medical staff |
| title_full_unstemmed | Association between friends’ hesitancy and personal COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among Chinese medical staff |
| title_short | Association between friends’ hesitancy and personal COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among Chinese medical staff |
| title_sort | association between friends hesitancy and personal covid 19 vaccine hesitancy among chinese medical staff |
| topic | COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy medical staff social networks China |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21645515.2024.2344290 |
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