Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors toward COVID-19 vaccination in a sample of Italian healthcare workers

Vaccine hesitancy in healthcare workers (HCWs) has been studied for various contagious diseases, but there is still insufficient knowledge about this phenomenon for COVID-19. We developed and validated a knowledge, attitude, and practice survey of 39 questions to assess Italian HCWs’ hesitancy towar...

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Published in:	Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
Main Authors:	Luca Regazzi, Eleonora Marziali, Alberto Lontano, Leonardo Villani, Andrea Paladini, Giovanna Elisa Calabrò, Patrizia Laurenti, Walter Ricciardi, Chiara Cadeddu
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Taylor & Francis Group 2022-11-01
Subjects:	covid-19 covid-19 vaccines vaccination hesitancy vaccination health knowledge and attitudes health personnel physicians surveys and questionnaires italy
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2022.2116206

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