Public Awareness and Willingness to Vaccinate Against Herpes Zoster: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study in Poland

Justyna Grudziąż-Sękowska, Kuba Sękowski, Zuzanna Grześczyk-Nojszewska, Agnieszka Kamińska, Radosław Sierpiński, Janusz Ostrowski, Jarosław Pinkas, Mateusz Jankowski · 2024

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Shingles can be prevented by vaccine, yet many Poles have never heard of it. Justyna Grudziąż-Sękowska and co-authors surveyed one thousand one hundred thirty-seven adults across Poland in September twenty twenty-four. The web survey followed a new reimbursement policy for the vaccine. Only forty-seven percent knew the vaccine exists. Television was the top source of what people did know. Having a chronic disease raised the odds of awareness.

About sixty-four percent of eligible adults said they would take the vaccine. Having no children and a middling income each nudged willingness up. The authors call for media campaigns, stronger doctor engagement, and easier access. Awareness, they argue, is the first bottleneck to break.

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CREATORJustyna Grudziąż-Sękowska, Kuba Sękowski, Zuzanna Grześczyk-Nojszewska, Agnieszka Kamińska, Radosław Sierpiński, Janusz Ostrowski, Jarosław Pinkas, Mateusz Jankowski
YEAR2024
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE23 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC11680232

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