澳大利亚癌症患者的COVID-19疫苗接种驱动因素和障碍
Christie Allan1, Amelia Hyatt2,3, Amanda Appathurai4
1Strategy and Support Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. christie.allan@cancervic.org.au.
概括
澳大利亚的大多数癌症患者支持COVID-19疫苗接种,感知风险和信任的卫生专业人员推动接种. 错误信息和对治疗影响的担忧是疫苗接种的主要障碍.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 疫苗学 疫苗学 疫苗学
背景情况:
- 癌症患者在流行病期间代表了一个脆弱的人群.
- 了解疫苗接种驱动因素和障碍对公共卫生战略至关重要.
- 接种COVID-19疫苗是免疫力低下个体的关键干预措施.
研究的目的:
- 确定影响澳大利亚癌症患者接受COVID-19疫苗的因素.
- 探索在这个特定的人口群体中疫苗接种的驱动因素和障碍.
- 为那些有癌症病史的人提供有针对性的疫苗接种活动的信息.
主要方法:
- 一项全国性的在线调查是在过去5年内被诊断或治疗的癌症史的个人中进行的.
- 该调查收集了有关人口统计,癌症病史和COVID-19疫苗接种状态,态度,驱动因素和障碍的数据.
- 数据分析包括2021年8月10日至9月7日期间收集的1506个回复.
主要成果:
- 在参与者中观察到高疫苗接种率 (83.1%) 和对COVID-19疫苗的积极态度 (87.8%).
- 关键的驱动因素包括感染的感知风险和与值得信赖的卫生专业人员的咨询.
- 这些障碍包括对疫苗安全性,副作用以及对癌症治疗的潜在影响的担忧,这些担忧往往是由错误信息推动的.
结论:
- 澳大利亚的癌症患者通常对COVID-19疫苗接种安全性和有效性持积极看法.
- 值得信赖的卫生专业人员和癌症组织在传播可信信息方面发挥着至关重要的作用.
- 需要进一步努力提供准确的信息并解决具体问题,以支持知情的疫苗接种决策.
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