Abstract:

Objective: Vaccine hesitancy and vaccine refusal are an important public health problem and limits the response to the pandemic. In this study, it was aimed to examine COVID-19 vaccine attitude and related factors among a public ınstitution workers. Methods: This research is a descriptive cross-sectional study and was conducted in a public institution in September 2021. The universe of the study consists of all employees (2374 people) in this instituti¬on and 1908 people (80.4%) participated in the study. A questionnaire of 31 questions developed by the researchers was used as a data collection tool. Descriptive statistics, chi-square and logistic regres¬sion tests were used in the analysis of the data. The analyses were performed using SPSS23.0 program and the significance level was accepted as p<0.05. Results: 71.0% (n=1287) of the participants were male and the mean age was 40.7% (95%, 40.3- 41.1%). Of those who were not vaccinated (14.0%, n=256), 6.6% were undecided about vaccination (n=121), while 0.5% (n=10) were anti-vaccine. The frequency of COVID-19 vaccination increases with being a woman, older age, the presence of chronic diseases in the participants themselves and their household, the fact that their children have received their childhood vaccinations in full, that they and their household do not have a history of COVID-19, that they are worried about experiencing serious health problems due to COVID-19 and that they are afraid of death, and that all other individuals in the household have been vaccinated. Conclusion: It is thought that reaching out to individuals one-on-one and providing accurate and adequate information about the safety and effectiveness of vaccines will make significant contributi¬ons to increasing the success of the COVID-19 vaccination program.

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