Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance among Dental Professionals: A Multi-Country Survey.
Mohammad Zakaria NassaniMohammed NoushadSamer RastamMudassir HussainAnas B AlsalhaniInas Shakeeb Al-SaqqafFaisal Mehsen AlaliAmir Mohiddin DemachkiaRenata Marques de MeloMohammed ArshadNorhayati LuddinAdam HuseinZeeshan QamarPradeep KoppoluMahmoud DarwishAhmad Salim Abdalla NassarAdnan HabibFiras SuleymanH M Khuthija KhanamSalah A YousiefSadeq Ali Al-MaweriNafeesa TabassumAbdulaziz A SamranMohiddin R DimashkiehMohammed Sadeg Al-AwarBassel TarakjiPublished in: Vaccines (2022)
The results of our survey indicate a relatively good acceptance rate of COVID-19 among the surveyed dentists and dental students. However, dentists and dental students in L-LMICs showed significantly lower vaccine acceptance rates and trust in COVID-19 vaccines compared to their counterparts in UM-HICs. Our results provide important information to policymakers, highlighting the need for implementation of country-specific vaccine promotion strategies, with special focus on L-LMICs.