Interrogating COVID-19 vaccine intent in the Philippines with a nationwide open-access online survey

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Alexandria Caple¹  Arnie Dimaano²  Marc Martin Sagolili²  April Anne Uy²  Panjee Mariel Aguirre³  Dean Lotus Alano²  Giselle Sophia Camaya²  Brent John Ciriaco³  Princess Jerah Mae Clavo²  Dominic Cuyugan²  Cleinne Florence Geeseler Fermo²  Paul Jeremy Lanete²  Ardwayne Jurel La Torre³  Thomas Loteyro³  Raisa Mikaela Lua²  Nicole Gayle Manansala²  Raphael Willard Mosquito²  Alexa Octaviano²  Alexandra Erika Orfanel²  Gheyanna Merly Pascual²  Aubrey Joy Sale²  Sophia Lorraine Tendenilla²  Maria Sofia Lauren Trinidad²  Nicole Jan Trinidad²  Daphne Louise Verano²  Nicanor Austriaco² 

[1] Psychology, Providence College;Biological Sciences, University of Santo Tomas;Advertising Arts, University of Santo Tomas;Biology, Providence College

关键词: COVID-19;    Vaccine hesitancy;    Philippines;    Health Belief Model (HBM);    Vaccination;    Willingness-to-Pay (WTP);    Open-access online survey;    Vaccine intent;   

DOI  :  10.7717/peerj.12887

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Inra

【 摘 要 】

To mitigate the unprecedented health, social, and economic damage of COVID-19, the Philippines is undertaking a nationwide vaccination program to mitigate the effects of the global pandemic. In this study, we interrogated COVID-19 vaccine intent in the country by deploying a nationwide open-access online survey, two months before the rollout of the national vaccination program. The Health Belief Model (HBM) posits that people are likely to adopt disease prevention behaviors and to accept medical interventions like vaccines if there is sufficient motivation and cues to action. A majority of our 7,193 respondents (62.5%) indicated that they were willing to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Moreover, multivariable analysis revealed that HBM constructs were associated with vaccination intention in the Philippines. Perceptions of high susceptibility, high severity, and significant benefits were all good predictors for vaccination intent. We also found that external cues to action were important. Large majorities of our respondents would only receive the COVID-19 vaccines after many others had received it (72.8%) or after politicians had received it (68.2%). Finally, our study revealed that most (21%) were willing to pay an amount of PHP 1,000 (USD20) for the COVID-19 vaccines with an average willing-to-pay amount of PHP1,892 (USD38).

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