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Abstract

Introduction: The threat of new SARS-CoV-2 variants indicates the need to implement COVID-19 vaccine booster programs. The aim of this study was to identify the level of booster acceptance and its determinants. Methods: A cross-sectional online survey was conducted in Jakarta and Bali, Indonesia. Booster acceptance was divided into three categories: non-acceptor, planned acceptor, and actual acceptor. The primary independent variables were health beliefs, media influence, and trust in authoritative sources. Other covariates included demographics, socioeconomic status, and COVID-19 history. A primary analysis was conducted through multinomial logistic regression. The effects of the hypothetical situations on booster acceptance were tested using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test. Results: The final analysis included 2674 respondents with a booster acceptance rate of 56.3% (41.2% planned acceptors, 15.1% actual acceptors). Health beliefs, social media influence, and trust in authoritative information sources were identified as determinants for planned and actual booster acceptance. Socioeconomic status indicators were also identified as determinants for actual booster acceptance. Booster acceptance was increased in hypothetical scenarios involving booster requirements for work, travel, and accessing public places. Conclusions: Booster acceptance was found to be lower than the predicted primary vaccine acceptance prior to its launch. The acceleration of booster coverage requires strategies that leverage health beliefs and focus on people with a lower socioeconomic status.

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Title
Health Beliefs and Socioeconomic Determinants of COVID-19 Booster Vaccine Acceptance: An Indonesian Cross-Sectional Study
Author
Gede Benny Setia Wirawan 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Ngakan Putu Anom Harjana 2 ; Nugrahani, Nur Wulan 1 ; Pande Putu Januraga 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Center for Public Health Innovation, Faculty of Medicine, Udayana University, Denpasar 80232, Indonesia; [email protected] (G.B.S.W.); [email protected] (N.P.A.H.); [email protected] (N.W.N.) 
 Center for Public Health Innovation, Faculty of Medicine, Udayana University, Denpasar 80232, Indonesia; [email protected] (G.B.S.W.); [email protected] (N.P.A.H.); [email protected] (N.W.N.); Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Udayana University, Denpasar 80232, Indonesia 
First page
724
Publication year
2022
Publication date
2022
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
2076393X
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2670451884
Copyright
© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.