Open AccessCOVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Hesitancy among Veterinarians in Brazil
Author(s) -
Gustavo Luiz Gouvêa de Almeida,
Sophie Ballot,
Marcelo Barbosa de Almeida
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of health sciences and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2249-9571
DOI - 10.52403/ijhsr.20220343
Subject(s) - medicine , vaccination , covid-19 , immunization , pandemic , family medicine , immunology , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , antigen , outbreak
Background: acceptance of the covid-19 vaccination is a key point to fight against the actual pandemic. The rapid development of covid-19 vaccines caused worldwide concerns about its efficacy, side-effects and uncertainty in the future after immunization, thus contributing to vaccine acceptability and hesitancy. Historically, vaccine hesitancy by part of the populations constitutes a barrier to achieve control of preventable infectious diseases. The objective of this study was to assess the acceptance and hesitance rates to the covid-19 vaccination among Brazilian veterinarians by the beginning of the national vaccination campaign.Methodology: a voluntary anonymous online survey conducted from November 10, 2020 to March 31, 2021, accessing a closed group of vets from the network Facebook.Results: our results showed that from the sample of 351 respondents, 239 (68.09%), 81(23.08%), and 31 (8.83%), declared themselves in favor, not now, and against vaccination, respectively, given about two-thirds acceptance and one-third vaccine hesitance.Conclusion: this study demonstrated a positive but moderate level of acceptance of the covid-19 vaccination by part of Brazilian veterinarians.Key words: Covid-19, Covid-19 vaccine, Vaccine hesitancy, Vaccine acceptance, Vaccine resistance, Veterinarians.