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AuthorKhaled, Salma
AuthorPetcu, Catalina
AuthorBader, Lina
AuthorAmro, Iman
AuthorAl-Hamadi, Aisha
AuthorAl-Assi, Marwa
AuthorAli, Amal Aawadalla Mohamed
AuthorLe Trung, Kien
AuthorDiop, Abdoulaye
AuthorBellaj, Tarek
AuthorAl-Thani, Mohamed
AuthorWoodruff, Peter
AuthorAlabdulla, Majid
AuthorHaddad, Peter
Available date2021-10-18T08:15:35Z
Publication Date2021
Publication NameQatar University Annual Research an Exhibition 2021 (quarfe)
CitationKhaled S., Petcu C., Bader L., Amro I., Al-Hamadi A., Al-Assi M., Ali A. A. M., Le T. K., Diop A., Bellaj T., Al-Thani M., Woodruff P., Alabdulla M., Haddad P., "Prevalence and Potential Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Resistance in Qatar", Qatar University Annual Research Forum and Exhibition (QUARFE 2021), Doha, 20 October 2021, https://doi.org/10.29117/quarfe.2021.0074
URIhttps://doi.org/10.29117/quarfe.2021.0074
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/24359
AbstractGlobal COVID-19 pandemic containment necessitates understanding the risk of hesitance or resistance to vaccine uptake in different populations. The Middle East and North Africa currently lack vital representative vaccine hesitancy data. We conducted the first representative national phone survey among the adult population of Qatar, between December 2020 and January 2021, to estimate the prevalence and identify potential determinants of vaccine willingness: acceptance (strongly agree), resistance (strongly disagree), and hesitance (somewhat agree, neutral, somewhat disagree). Bivariate and multinomial logistic regression models estimated associations between willingness groups and fifteen variables. In the total sample, 42.7% (95% CI: 39.5-46.1) were accepting, 45.2% (95% CI: 41.9-48.4) hesitant, and 12.1% (95% CI: 10.1-14.4) resistant. Vaccine resistant compared with hesistant and accepting groups reported no endorsement source will increase vaccine confidence (58.9% vs. 5.6% vs. 0.2%, respectively). Female gender, Arab ethnicity, migrant status/type, and vaccine side-effects concerns were associated with hesitancy and resistance. COVID-19 related bereavement, infection, and quarantine status were not significantly associated with any willingness group. Absence of or lack of concern about contracting the virus was solely associated with resistance. COVID-19 vaccine resistance, hesitance, and side-effects concerns are high in Qatar's population compared with those globally. Urgent public health engagement should focus on women, Qataris (non-migrants), and Arab ethnicity.
Languageen
PublisherQatar University Press
SubjectCOVID-19
vaccine willingness
hesitancy
Arab
Qatar.
TitlePrevalence and Potential Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Resistance in Qatar
TypePoster
dc.accessType Open Access


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