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Coronavirus – Research Paper

“I don’t think there’s a point for me to discuss it with my patients”: exploring health care providers’ views and behaviours regarding COVID-19 vaccination

Eve Dubéa Direction des risques biologiques et de la santé au travail, Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Québec, QC, Canada;b Axe Maladies infectieuses et immunitaires, Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, QC, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Fabienne Labbéa Direction des risques biologiques et de la santé au travail, Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Québec, QC, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1196-3243View further author information
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Benjamin Malob Axe Maladies infectieuses et immunitaires, Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, QC, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3826-4215View further author information
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Terra Mancac Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada;d Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4241-7424View further author information
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Laura Aylsworthc Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, CanadaView further author information
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S. Michelle Driedgere Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3769-5785View further author information
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Janice Grahamd Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6326-8122View further author information
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Devon Greysonf School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4860-384XView further author information
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Noni MacDonaldd Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, CanadaView further author information
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Samantha B. Meyerg School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2098-2828View further author information
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Jeanna Parsons Leighh School of Health Administration, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8408-674XView further author information
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Manish Sadaranganii Vaccine Evaluation Center, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada;j Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9985-6452View further author information
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Sarah Wilsonk Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8239-0094View further author information
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Shannon E. MacDonaldc Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4675-4433View further author information
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Article: 2088970 | Received 02 Feb 2022, Accepted 09 Jun 2022, Published online: 29 Jun 2022

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