Proceedings of the 1st International Ninevah Conference on Medical Sciences (INCMS 2021)

Perception, Acceptance, and Hesitancy of the Public Regarding Covid-19 Vaccine and Immunization: A Literature Review

Authors
Hamdia Ahmed, Karim Aziz, Ahmed Ali
Corresponding Author
Ahmed Ali
Available Online 12 October 2021.
DOI
10.2991/ahsr.k.211012.002How to use a DOI?
Keywords
vaccine acceptance, vaccine hesitancy, Covid-19 vaccine
Abstract

Background: Developing a vaccine against COVID-19 is widely regarded as a critical method for containing the pandemic. Public adoption, on the other hand, is contingent on one’s view’s to accept and perceptions about the vaccine. The aim of this literature review is to determine the factors that influence public acceptance and hesitancy against Covid-19 vaccines. Objective: To determine the sociodemographic features associated with the public’s understanding and acceptance or fear of Covid-19 vaccines. To ascertain the causes that contribute to acceptance or refusal of the Covid vaccine. Method: 22 articles were searched and selected through PubMed database, Google Scholar database, and Scopus database between January 1st, 2020 to 30th December 2020. Discussion: The finding indicates that the United States and the United Kingdom have done the most research on the adoption and rejection of the Covid-19 vaccine, whereas China’s experiments have the largest citation rate. The literature indicates that the Australian community has the highest acceptance rate, whereas the Netherlands has the highest distrust and hesitancy toward the Covid-19 vaccine. Conclusion: The Covid-19 virus is urged to be given to the population’s needs toward the vaccine but at the same time acceptance rate was varied between each countries population and fear of conspiracy ideas from some countries. Some countries are concerned about the safety of the vaccine being given to their citizens.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 1st International Ninevah Conference on Medical Sciences (INCMS 2021)
Series
Advances in Health Sciences Research
Publication Date
12 October 2021
ISBN
978-94-6239-438-4
ISSN
2468-5739
DOI
10.2991/ahsr.k.211012.002How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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