COVID-19 vaccination status and motivators among Canadian health care workers: are they different from the general population?

OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence and correlates of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among Canadian health care workers (HCWs) and identify motivators for COVID-19 vaccination, compared with the general population (GPop). METHODS: As part of the iCARE study, 4 cross-sectional age-, sex-, and province-weighted population-based samples of 12 009 Canadians aged 18+ years were recruited between May 2021 and February 2022. Participants self-reported HCW and vaccine status. RESULTS: A total of 738 participants identified as HCWs, with 8.5% being vaccine hesitant, versus 12.6% of the GPop (P = .005). In multivariate analyses, those with a chronic disease were less likely (HCW odds ratio [OR] = 0.34; GPop OR = 0.77) and parents with children