CORRECTION article

Front. Public Health, 07 November 2023

Sec. Public Health Policy

Volume 11 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1308374

Corrigendum: Factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine confidence among primary care providers in Kazakhstan, March–April 2021

  • 1. Division of Global Health Protection in Central Asia, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Almaty, Kazakhstan

  • 2. Central Asia Field Epidemiology Training Program, Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan

  • 3. Health Sciences Unit, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland

  • 4. Scientific and Practical Center of Sanitary-Epidemiological Examination and Monitoring, Branch of the National Center for Public Health, Almaty, Kazakhstan

  • 5. Division of Global Health Protection, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States

  • 6. Ministry of Healthcare, Astana, Kazakhstan

  • 7. Manoogian Simone College of Business and Economics, American University of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia

  • 8. Infectious Diseases and Vaccinations Unit, Department of Health Security, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland

In the published article, there was an error in Table 1 as published. Row and column percentages were inverted for the age group variable. The corrected Table 1 and its caption appear below.

Table 1

CharacteristicsVaccine confidence n = 435 (30%a)Vaccine hesitancy n = 587 (40%a)Vaccine refusal n = 439 (30%a)Total N = 1,461 (100%b)P value
Occupation
    Nurse276 (29)382 (40)293 (31)951 (65)0.202
    Family physician115 (32)134 (37)111 (31)360 (25)
    Pediatrician44 (29)71 (47)35 (23)150 (10)
Gender
    Male24 (22)44 (40)42 (38)110 (8)0.076
    Female411 (30)543 (40)397 (29)1351 (92)
Age, years
    18–2684 (25)150 (44)108 (32)342 (23)0.005
    27–35140 (29)186 (38)164 (33)490 (34)
    36–66204 (35)231 (39)154 (26)589 (40)
    Missing7 (18)20 (50)13 (33)40 (3)
City of residence
    Shymkent151 (31)190 (39)148 (30)489 (34)< 0.001
    Aktobe232 (34)266 (38)194 (28)692 (47)
    Turkestan52 (19)131 (47)97 (35)280 (19)
Professional experience, years
    Median [Min, Max]10 [1, 44]7 [1, 46]6 [1, 41]8 [1, 46]< 0.001
    0–10236 (26)376 (41)295 (33)907 (62)
    11–2097 (36)88 (33)82 (31)267 (18)
    21 or more102 (36)123 (43)62 (22)287 (20)
Child in the family
    Yes324 (32)397 (39)300 (29)1021 (70)0.043
    No111 (25)190 (43)139 (32)440 (30)
Number of children in the family
    Median [Min, Max]2 [1, 6]2 [1, 7]2 [1, 6]2 [1, 7]0.938
    1–2168 (31)219 (40)157 (29)544 (37)
    3 or more156 (33)178 (37)143 (30)477 (33)
    Missing111 (25)190 (43)139 (32)440 (30)
Elderly people in the household
    Yes104 (32)122 (38)99 (30)325 (22)0.486
    No331 (29)465 (41)340 (30)1136 (78)

Perceptions toward COVID-19 vaccination among primary care providers, Aktobe, Shymkent, and Turkestan cities, Kazakhstan, 2021 (N = 1,461).

aRow percent; bColumn percent.

In the published article, there was an error.

A correction has been made to Results, Sociodemographic data and vaccine confidence, paragraph 2. This sentence previously stated:

“Confidence was 47% among providers 36 years old and above and 19% among those 18–26 years old.”

The corrected sentence appears below:

“Confidence was 35% among providers 36 years old and above and 25% among those 18–26 years old.”

The authors apologize for these errors and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.

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COVID-19, vaccine confidence, primary care providers, attitude toward vaccination, childhood vaccines, Kazakhstan

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Nabirova D, Horth R, Kassabekova L, Henderson A, Yesmagambetova A, Alaverdyan S, Nuorti JP and Smagul M (2023) Corrigendum: Factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine confidence among primary care providers in Kazakhstan, March–April 2021. Front. Public Health 11:1308374. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1308374

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06 October 2023

Accepted

26 October 2023

Published

07 November 2023

Volume

11 - 2023

Edited and reviewed by

Natalya Glushkova, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan

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*Correspondence: Dilyara Nabirova

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