Mapping the Global Adoption of Mandatory Vaccination against COVID-19: A Scoping Review
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Problem Statement
1.2. Research Rationale
1.3. Objectives
- Describe how countries globally implemented mandatory vaccination.
- Explore the reaction of citizens in countries implementing mandatory vaccination globally.
2. Materials and Methods
- Identifying the research question.
- Identifying relevant studies.
- Study selection.
- Charting the data/data extraction.
- Collating, summarizing, and reporting on the data.
2.1. Identifying the Research Questions
- Which countries have adopted mandatory vaccination against COVID-19?
- How are they implementing it?
- What is the reaction of citizens to mandatory vaccination?
2.2. Search Strategy
2.3. Selection of Studies
2.4. Data Extraction
- Citation information.
- Aim of study and timing for study—before or after policy adoption on vaccine mandate.
- Participants on whom the vaccine mandate was applicable.
3. Results
4. Discussion
4.1. Countries That Adopted Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination
4.2. Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Policy Implementation and the Reaction of Citizens
5. Conclusions
Future Directions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Reference | Implementation of Policy on Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination (on Whom) | |||||
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Vaccine passport | Eligible citizens from the population eligible for vaccination | Healthcare sector | Business sector | Military | Other exposed professionals | |
Gagneux-Brunon A. et al. [18] Turbat, B et al. [19] khunti et al. [20] Leask et al. [21] Klompas et al. [22] Gareth lacobucci [23] Daniel Sokol [24] Jacqui Wise [25] Lydia Hayes and Allyson M Pollock [26] Stokel-Walker. C [27] Marta Paterlini [24] | France | France, Mongolia, United Kingdom, Australia, United States of America, United Kingdom, United Kingdom, United Kingdom, United Kingdom, United Kingdom, United Kingdom, Italy | ||||
Smith et al. [28] Graeber et al. [29] Giannouchos et al. [30] Leask et al. [21] Largent et al. [31] King et al. [32] Wang et al. [33] Chiedozie et al. [34] Alfageeh et al. [35] Al-Hanawi et al. [36] Stokel-Walker. C [27] | Australia, Germany, Greece, Australia, United States of America, Austria, Australia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia, Russia, the Republic of Ireland | |||||
Owen Dyer [37] Stokel-Walker. C [27] | United States of America, Russia | |||||
Gagneux-Brunon A. et al. [18] | France | |||||
Krik and Reese [6] | United States of America |
Authors | Country | Citizen’s Reaction to Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination |
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Gagneux-Brunon A. et al. [18] | France | 43% of the respondents favored the policy, 41.9% opposed it, 30.05% of this group thought that mandatory COVID-19 vaccination should be applied to healthcare workers, while 15.15% were undecided. |
Smith et al. [29] | Australia | Respondents in this study reacted positively, with 73% an affirmative response to adopting mandatory COVID-19 vaccines but only for travel, work, and school. There is a 12% decrease in positive responses when compared with previous studies on the same issue. |
Graeber et al. [28] | Germany | Study respondents showed 60% approval for mandatory COVID-19 vaccination, and 27% did not approve of the policy. |
Giannouchos et al. [30] | Greece | 74% of the respondents supported mandatory vaccination. |
Savulescu J [38] | United Kingdom | Highlighted mandatory COVID-19 vaccination as the ethical means of achieving herd immunity but should be accompanied by monetary compensation to the individual. |
Khunti et al. [20] | United Kingdom | Mandatory COVID-19 vaccination on healthcare workers.
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Leask et al. [21] | Australia | Regarding healthcare workers, there is justification for the vaccine mandate, especially when there is a high risk of them being infected or infecting others at greater risk of severe effects of COVID-19. In the case of the eligible general population.
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Klompas et al. [22] | United States of America | The authors presented support for mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for healthcare workers. |
Largent et al. [31] | United States of America | The authors highlighted that the respondents accepted the COVID-19 vaccine mandate and will likely go for vaccination voluntarily. |
King et al. [32] | Austria | Authors believe that mandatory vaccination is compatible with human rights law, but care should be taken in designing its requirement so that it does not interfere with individual fundamental rights. |
Chiedozie et al. [34] | Nigeria | 52% of the respondents rejected the idea of mandatory COVID-19 vaccination. |
Jacqui Wise [25] | United Kingdom | The writer perceived that mandating COVID-19 vaccination for healthcare workers may be counterproductive. |
Krik and Reese [6] | United States of America | Writers think the call for mandatory vaccination of the United States of America military is justified. |
Alfageeh et al. [35] | Saudi Arabia | 69.5% of respondents support that the COVID-19 vaccine should be made compulsory for the people of Saudi Arabia, while 30.5% do not support the move. |
Al-Hanawi et al. [36] | Saudi Arabia | 97.81% of respondents agreed with mandatory COVID-19 vaccination, while 2.19 did not. |
Author | Country | Citizen’s Reaction to Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination |
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Turbat, B et al. [19] | Mongolia | 93.7% agreement rate towards mandatory COVID-19 vaccination. |
Wang et al. [33] | Australia | Although respondents supported mandatory COVID-19 vaccination in South Australia, it was the least accepted vaccination strategy. |
Gareth lacobucci [23] | United Kingdom—England |
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Daniel Sokol [24] | United Kingdom | The writer believes that healthcare workers in the United Kingdom (unless exempted) should adhere to the mandatory vaccination policy because it will boost vaccine uptake. |
Owen Dyer [37] | United States of America | Reaction from the business world to the presidential executive order on the COVID-19 vaccine mandate was muted. |
Michael Mittelman [39] | United States of America | A kidney transplant patient comments “I hope mandatory vaccination rules become universal, with only medical exemptions permitted. It would alleviate some of my anxiety in receiving care”. |
Lydia Hayes and Allyson M Pollock [26] | United Kingdom | Asserts that making COVID-19 vaccination compulsory for care home workers is “unnecessary”, “disproportionate” and “misguided” |
Stokel-Walker. C [27] | United Kingdom | The article mentioned the United States of America, Saudi Arabia, Italy, Russia, the Republic of Ireland (although not adopted by the government, some hospital trusts have already implemented it), and France (but not including care homes as of when this article was published) is a country that has mandated COVID-19 vaccination for their healthcare workers |
Marta Paterlini [40] | United Kingdom | Some opinions suggested that, in addition to mandatory COVID-19 vaccination, there should be a legally backed consequence for failure to comply with the rule by healthcare workers. |
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Damian, J.U.; Tshitangano, T.G. Mapping the Global Adoption of Mandatory Vaccination against COVID-19: A Scoping Review. J. Respir. 2023, 3, 153-163. https://doi.org/10.3390/jor3030015
Damian JU, Tshitangano TG. Mapping the Global Adoption of Mandatory Vaccination against COVID-19: A Scoping Review. Journal of Respiration. 2023; 3(3):153-163. https://doi.org/10.3390/jor3030015
Chicago/Turabian StyleDamian, Jessica U., and Takalani G. Tshitangano. 2023. "Mapping the Global Adoption of Mandatory Vaccination against COVID-19: A Scoping Review" Journal of Respiration 3, no. 3: 153-163. https://doi.org/10.3390/jor3030015