Hesitation regarding the COVID-19 vaccine among medical students in Brazil

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: This study aims to know the main determinants of hesitation to the vaccine against COVID-19 mentioned by medical students in Brazil. METHODS: A cross-sectional study with 250 students who answered the online questionnaire between December 18, 2020 and January 8, 2021. RESULTS: Most students (84%) mentioned the intention to take anti-COVID vaccine and 14% were hesitant. Information provided by governments (59.2%), the pharmaceutical industry (54.4%), and the press (51.6%) were the items that most generated vaccine hesitation. CONCLUSION: In the context of the COVID-19, vaccine hesitation is an additional concern because adherence to vaccination is a recurring challenge. The category of contextual influences predominated among the main determinants of anti-COVID vaccine hesitation expressed by medical students in Brazil, disfavoring vaccine adherence in this public.

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Main Authors:	Chaves,Ítalo Emanoel de Sousa, Brito,Paulo Roberto Pinheiro, Rodrigues,João Guilherme Bentes de Araújo, Costa,Milena Silva, Cândido,Estelita Lima, Moreira,Maria Rosilene Cândido
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Associação Médica Brasileira 2021
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-42302021001101397
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