3.2.1. Contextual influences
Influences arising from historical, sociocultural, environmental, health
system / institutional, economic or political factors are presented in
Table 2. According to the table, those who are resistant to COVID-19
vaccination ranked healthcare workers (78.9%) as the ones they trust
most for information while social media (50%), government (21.1%) and
pharmaceutical companies (18.4%) as the least trustworthy. Although
most indicate that community leaders and influencers support COVID-19
vaccines (97.4%), a significant portion was neutral (47.4%) to the
position of some in not agree to vaccination for different reasons.
Moreover, most also pointed to know someone who does not take a COVID-19
vaccine because of religious or cultural reasons (76.3%). Mostly, they
do not disagree with these people (52.6%) nor do they think they are
risking their health or the community health if they do not take the
COVID-19 vaccine (78.9%). Notably, most are convinced that the
government purchases the highest quality vaccines available (47.4%),
but they do not believe that vaccine producers are interested in their
health (84.2%).