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Naima Said Sheikh1, Brita Askeland Winje2, Rebecca Gleditsch3
1Område for helsetjenester, Klynge for forskning og analyse av helsetjenesten, Folkehelseinstituttet, og, Institutt for folkehelsevitenskap, Norges miljø- og biovitenskapelige universitet.
Background:
Vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 has been an important measure in dealing with the pandemic. In Norway, vaccination coverage has been lower in several immigrant groups than in the general population. The aim of this study was to investigate which factors may have played a role in the low uptake rate among immigrants.
Material And Method:
Eighty-eight semi-structured, qualitative interviews were conducted remotely in the period March to June 2021. The interviewees consisted of 49 women and 39 men aged 19-78, from ten different countries. In a thematic analysis (NVivo-12), four main categories relating to vaccine hesitancy emerged: system-based factors, factors linked to personal conviction, factors linked to fear and factors linked to trust.
Results:
Although many of the informants were willing to take the vaccine, several expressed vaccine hesitancy. Lack of evidence-based information and fear of adverse effects were cited as reasons. Vaccine hesitancy was also linked to misinformation and conspiracy theories. Some had no confidence in the vaccination programme or the efficacy of the vaccine.
Interpretation:
The study revealed that vaccine hesitancy among immigrants was due to a range of factors. The main reasons included lack of information, low health literacy, insufficient knowledge of how the vaccine works, and little trust in the authorities.
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