Willingness, Knowledge, Behavior of Vaccination
A special issue of Vaccines (ISSN 2076-393X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 4475
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has exerted a substantial impact on population health on a global scale. To ameliorate this pandemic, a high uptake rate of its vaccination is crucial. Nevertheless, the percentages of vaccination coverage registered in developed and undeveloped countries in the target vaccination populations (children, adults, high-risk individuals, specific population groups) remain below the recommended levels. Vaccine hesitance, defined as a “delay in acceptance or refusal of vaccines despite availability of vaccine services”, is one of the factors explaining suboptimal percentages of vaccination coverage. High confidence in vaccination programs is necessary to achieve high percentages of vaccination coverage. This Special Issue focuses on the willingness, knowledge, behavior to increase the percentages of vaccination coverage by means of increasing vaccine confidence. We invite you to share your research, review, or opinion papers in any of these areas, with the hope of bringing more understanding to this ongoing issue and to aid in future vaccine efforts.
Dr. Aneta Nitsch-Osuch
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- willingness
- behavior
- vaccination
- COVID-19
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