Hyland, Philip and Vallières, F. and Shevlin, M. and Bentall, R.P. and McKay, R. and Hartman, T.K. and McBride, O. and Murphy, J. (2021) Resistance to COVID-19 vaccination has increased in Ireland and the United Kingdom during the pandemic. Public Health, 195. pp. 54-56. ISSN 0033-3506

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Objectives: Hesitance and resistance to COVID-19 vaccination poses a serious challenge to achieving adequate vaccine uptake in the general population. Cross-sectional data from the early months of the pandemic indicates that approximately one-third of adults in multiple nations are hesitant or resistant to a vaccine for COVID-19. Using longitudinal data, we tracked changes in attitudes to COVID-19 vaccination during the pandemic. Study design: This is a quantitative, longitudinal design. Method: Nationally representative samples of the adult general population of the Republic of Ireland (N ¼ 1041) and the United Kingdom (N ¼ 2025) were assessed for their attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination at three points from March to August 2020. Results: Statistically significant increases in resistance to COVID-19 vaccination were observed in Irish (from 9.5% to 18.1%) and British (from 6.2% to 10%) adults. Conclusion: Resistance to vaccination has significantly increased in two European nations as the pandemic has progressed. Growing resistance to COVID-19 vaccination will pose a challenge to public health officials responsible for ensuring sufficient vaccine coverage

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Cite as: Hyland, P., Vallières, F., Shevlin, M., Bentall, R.P., McKay, R., Hartman, T.K., McBride, O. and Murphy, J. (2021) Resistance to COVID-19 vaccination has increased in Ireland and the United Kingdom during the pandemic. Public health (London), 195 54-56. © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of The Royal Society for Public Health. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Keywords:	COVID-19 vaccine; Vaccine resistance; Vaccine hesitance
Academic Unit:	Assisting Living & Learning,ALL institute Faculty of Science and Engineering > Psychology
Item ID:	16942
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2021.04.009
Depositing User:	Philip Hyland
Date Deposited:	14 Feb 2023 15:54
Journal or Publication Title:	Public Health
Publisher:	Elsevier
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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