June 18, 2020

Towards Intervention Development to Increase the Uptake of COVID-19 Vaccination among Those at High Risk Outlining Evidence-Based and Theoretically Informed Future Intervention Content

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Testing and Treatment

• [pre-print, not peer reviewed] To assess barriers and facilitators to receiving a future COVID-19 vaccine among high-risk individuals, Williams et al. conducted a cross-sectional survey among 527 UK adults (mean age = 59.5) and found that 86% of respondents want to receive a vaccine. Perceiving that COVID-19 will persist for a long time was positively correlated with wanting a vaccine, while perceiving that the media has over-exaggerated the risk had a negative association. 

Williams et al. (June 17, 2020). Towards Intervention Development to Increase the Uptake of COVID-19 Vaccination among Those at High Risk Outlining Evidence-Based and Theoretically Informed Future Intervention Content. Pre-print downloaded June 18 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.16.20132480