Open AccessPromoting coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination among healthcare personnel: A multifaceted intervention at a tertiary-care center in Japan
Author(s) -
Akane Takamatsu,
Hitoshi Honda,
Tomoya Kojima,
Kenichiro Murata,
Hilary M. Babcock
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
infection control and hospital epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.243
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1559-6834
pISSN - 0899-823X
DOI - 10.1017/ice.2021.325
Subject(s) - covid-19 , tertiary care , coronavirus , center (category theory) , medicine , health care , vaccination , intervention (counseling) , disease , pandemic , family medicine , virology , nursing , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak , political science , chemistry , law , crystallography
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine may hold the key to ending the pandemic, but vaccine hesitancy is hindering the vaccination of healthcare personnel (HCP). We examined their perceptions of the COVID-19 vaccine and implemented an intervention to increase vaccination uptake.