Gonullu, ErdemSoysal, AhmetAtici, SerkanEngin, MesutYesilbas, OsmanKasap, TubaKarabayir, Nalan2024-05-252024-05-2520212164-55152164-554X10.1080/21645515.2021.18963192-s2.0-85115384901https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2021.1896319Tutak, Ercan/0000-0002-5076-8400; Akcay, Teoman/0000-0002-8252-7089; Can, Ilkay/0000-0002-0115-0321; Gonullu, Erdem/0000-0002-6833-5646Developing an effective and safe vaccine against Covid-19 will facilitate return to normal. Due to hesitation toward the vaccine, it is crucial to explore the acceptability of the COVID-19 vaccine to the public and healthcare workers. In this cross-sectional survey, we invited 2251 pediatricians and 506 (22%) of them responded survey and 424 (84%) gave either nasopharyngeal swap or antibody assay for COVID-19 and 71 (14%) of them got diagnosis of COVID-19. If the effective and safe COVID-19 vaccine was launched on market, 420 (83%) of pediatrician accepted to get vaccine shot, 422 (83%) of them recommended vaccination to their family members, 380 (75%) of them accepted to vaccine their children and 445 (85%) of them offered vaccination to their pediatric patients. Among the participated pediatricians 304 (60%) of them thought COVID-19 vaccine should be mandatory. We found that there are high COVID-19 vaccine willingness rates for pediatricians for themselves, their own children, family members and their pediatric patients. We also found that being a pediatric subspecialist, believing in achieving an effective vaccine, willingness to participate in the phase 1-2 clinical vaccine trial, willingness to get an influenza shot this season, believing a vaccine and vaccine passport should be mandatory were significant factors in accepting the vaccine. It is important to share all information about COVID-19 vaccines, especially effectiveness and safety, with the public in a clear communication and transparency. The opposite will contribute to vaccine hesitancy and anti-vaccine movement.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCovid-19Healthcare WorkersPediatriciansVaccine AcceptanceVaccine HesitancyTurkeyArticleQ1Q217823892396WOS:0006413477000013386116523