People with high needle fear need strategies to help when it comes time for the COVID-19 vaccine C. Meghan McMurtry Published February 8, 2021 Bookmark
C. Meghan McMurtry is an associate professor of clinical child and adolescent psychology at the University of Guelph.
What do you do if you are terrified of needles and even seeing or hearing about needles on the news makes you break out in a cold sweat? Will you shut out all of the news? Or cross your fingers and hope that your fear will suddenly disappear when your turn comes to take the vaccine?
In order for vaccines to protect us against COVID-19, we need 70 to 80 per cent uptake to reach community immunity. There are many reasons why people may not get a vaccine, one being needle fear. Frequently ignored or dismissed, needle fear is incredibly common, occurring in approximately two in every three children and one in every three adults. Many of us fall in the lower end of the needle fear spectrum, considering needles as
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The Globe and Mail Audrey Steenbeek and Jeff Karabanow Contributed to The Globe and Mail Published January 18, 2021 Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account
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Dr. Audrey Steenbeek is an Epidemiologist in the School of Nursing at Dalhousie University; Dr. Jeff Karabanow is a professor in the School of Social Work, Dalhousie University
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