A cross-sectional study assessing Pro-VC-Be short-form questionnaire in Canada; measuring psychosocial determinants of vaccination behavior in Canadian healthcare professionals
Vaccine hesitancy poses a significant challenge to worldwide public health and has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to heightened polarization and the spread of misinformation. Addressing vaccine hesitancy requires multifaceted strategies in which healthcare professionals (HCPs) pl...
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| description | Vaccine hesitancy poses a significant challenge to worldwide public health and has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to heightened polarization and the spread of misinformation. Addressing vaccine hesitancy requires multifaceted strategies in which healthcare professionals (HCPs) play a critical role. Nonetheless, HCPs may also be hesitant toward vaccination. The 31-item original Pro-VC-Be tool, designed to measure the psychosocial determinants of vaccine attitudes in HCPs, was first validated in France, French-speaking Belgian regions, and Quebec (Canada). The validity of a short-form version was evaluated and found to be comparable to that of the long-form. Given differing vaccination recommendations and the changing pandemic context, assessing the tool’s stability among diverse Canadian HCPs is crucial. Relying on the original short version of the Pro-VC-Be tool, a cross-sectional online survey was conducted among various Canadian HCPs (N = 544) to explore the psychosocial determinants that impact vaccination-related behaviors (frequency of general vaccination activity, vaccine recommendations activity, and willingness to recommend vaccines). The findings underscore three crucial dimensions – vaccine confidence, proactive efficacy, and trust in authorities – as robust predictors of positive professional practice and attitudes, and thus globally support the results obtained in previous studies using the Pro-VC-Be tool. HCPs with higher vaccine confidence, high proactive efficacy, and higher trust in authorities were 80% and 180% more likely to recommend vaccines to their patients and 80% more likely to have received a COVID-19 vaccine than other HCPs, respectively. By identifying the root causes of vaccine hesitancy among HCPs, adapted strategies can be developed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d1d64381d38e4a4888556d0e12f7fcfb2025-08-20T01:48:57ZengTaylor & Francis GroupHuman Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics2164-55152164-554X2025-12-0121110.1080/21645515.2025.2499345A cross-sectional study assessing Pro-VC-Be short-form questionnaire in Canada; measuring psychosocial determinants of vaccination behavior in Canadian healthcare professionalsArnaud Gagneur0David Roy1Catherine Pelletier2Marie-Eve Trottier3Samuel Lemaire-Paquette4Marina Rousseau5Ève Dubé6Pierre Verger7Département de Pédiatrie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, CanadaDépartement de Pédiaterie, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, CanadaDépartement d’anthropologie, Université Laval, Québec City, Québec, CanadaDirection des Risques Biologiques et de la Santé au Travail, Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Québec City, Québec, CanadaDépartement de Pédiaterie, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, CanadaDépartement de Pédiaterie, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, CanadaDépartement d’anthropologie, Université Laval, Québec City, Québec, CanadaFaculté des sciences médicales et paramédicales, ORS PACA, Southeastern Health Regional Observatory, Marseille, FranceVaccine hesitancy poses a significant challenge to worldwide public health and has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to heightened polarization and the spread of misinformation. Addressing vaccine hesitancy requires multifaceted strategies in which healthcare professionals (HCPs) play a critical role. Nonetheless, HCPs may also be hesitant toward vaccination. The 31-item original Pro-VC-Be tool, designed to measure the psychosocial determinants of vaccine attitudes in HCPs, was first validated in France, French-speaking Belgian regions, and Quebec (Canada). The validity of a short-form version was evaluated and found to be comparable to that of the long-form. Given differing vaccination recommendations and the changing pandemic context, assessing the tool’s stability among diverse Canadian HCPs is crucial. Relying on the original short version of the Pro-VC-Be tool, a cross-sectional online survey was conducted among various Canadian HCPs (N = 544) to explore the psychosocial determinants that impact vaccination-related behaviors (frequency of general vaccination activity, vaccine recommendations activity, and willingness to recommend vaccines). The findings underscore three crucial dimensions – vaccine confidence, proactive efficacy, and trust in authorities – as robust predictors of positive professional practice and attitudes, and thus globally support the results obtained in previous studies using the Pro-VC-Be tool. HCPs with higher vaccine confidence, high proactive efficacy, and higher trust in authorities were 80% and 180% more likely to recommend vaccines to their patients and 80% more likely to have received a COVID-19 vaccine than other HCPs, respectively. By identifying the root causes of vaccine hesitancy among HCPs, adapted strategies can be developed.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21645515.2025.2499345Vaccine confidencehealthcare professionalsvaccine hesitancybehaviorattitudesPro-VC-Be |
| spellingShingle | Arnaud Gagneur David Roy Catherine Pelletier Marie-Eve Trottier Samuel Lemaire-Paquette Marina Rousseau Ève Dubé Pierre Verger A cross-sectional study assessing Pro-VC-Be short-form questionnaire in Canada; measuring psychosocial determinants of vaccination behavior in Canadian healthcare professionals Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics Vaccine confidence healthcare professionals vaccine hesitancy behavior attitudes Pro-VC-Be |
| title | A cross-sectional study assessing Pro-VC-Be short-form questionnaire in Canada; measuring psychosocial determinants of vaccination behavior in Canadian healthcare professionals |
| title_full | A cross-sectional study assessing Pro-VC-Be short-form questionnaire in Canada; measuring psychosocial determinants of vaccination behavior in Canadian healthcare professionals |
| title_fullStr | A cross-sectional study assessing Pro-VC-Be short-form questionnaire in Canada; measuring psychosocial determinants of vaccination behavior in Canadian healthcare professionals |
| title_full_unstemmed | A cross-sectional study assessing Pro-VC-Be short-form questionnaire in Canada; measuring psychosocial determinants of vaccination behavior in Canadian healthcare professionals |
| title_short | A cross-sectional study assessing Pro-VC-Be short-form questionnaire in Canada; measuring psychosocial determinants of vaccination behavior in Canadian healthcare professionals |
| title_sort | cross sectional study assessing pro vc be short form questionnaire in canada measuring psychosocial determinants of vaccination behavior in canadian healthcare professionals |
| topic | Vaccine confidence healthcare professionals vaccine hesitancy behavior attitudes Pro-VC-Be |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21645515.2025.2499345 |
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