COVID Research: Open Access(CROA)

History of Medicine Program, Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A1, Canada

Publications

• Research Article   
  A Scoping Review Involving Six English-Language Searches of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Japanese Healthcare Providers Limited to Peer-Reviewed Publications
  Author(s): Carol Nash*
  
  A recent publication regarding a March 2023 Google Scholar search found Japan unique in healthcare providers’ reaction to COVID-19 vaccines, with negative sentiment by healthcare providers toward vaccines defining the research in this area and concerns about side effects outweighing worries regarding infection. This current study investigates the anomaly through a scoping review of “COVID-19, Japan, vaccine hesitancy” in English-language peer-reviewed publications of six searches: Cochrane COVID-19 Study Register, OVID, ProQuest, PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science. By following PRISMA guidelines, the intent is a more thorough examination of this unusual evaluation of COVID-19 vaccines by Japanese healthcare providers than offered by the March 2023 search. The finding is that of the 997 returns, only four were relevant for assessment inclusion. Of these four, three, p.. Read More»
  

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