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Predictors of Vaccine Hesitancy: Implications for COVID-19 Public Health Messaging
Objectives: Successful immunization programs require strategic communication to increase confidence among individuals who are vaccine-hesitant. This paper reviews research on determinants of vaccine hesitancy with the objective of informing public health responses to COVID-19. Method: A literature r...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8345367/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34360345 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18158054 |
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description | Objectives: Successful immunization programs require strategic communication to increase confidence among individuals who are vaccine-hesitant. This paper reviews research on determinants of vaccine hesitancy with the objective of informing public health responses to COVID-19. Method: A literature review was conducted using a broad search strategy. Articles were included if they were published in English and relevant to the topic of demographic and individual factors associated with vaccine hesitancy. Results and Discussion: Demographic determinants of vaccine hesitancy that emerged in the literature review were age, income, educational attainment, health literacy, rurality, and parental status. Individual difference factors included mistrust in authority, disgust sensitivity, and risk aversion. Conclusion: Meeting target immunization rates will require robust public health campaigns that speak to individuals who are vaccine-hesitant in their attitudes and behaviours. Based on the assortment of demographic and individual difference factors that contribute to vaccine hesitancy, public health communications must pursue a range of strategies to increase public confidence in available COVID-19 vaccines. |
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spelling | pubmed-83453672021-08-07 Predictors of Vaccine Hesitancy: Implications for COVID-19 Public Health Messaging Hudson, Amanda Montelpare, William J. Int J Environ Res Public Health Review Objectives: Successful immunization programs require strategic communication to increase confidence among individuals who are vaccine-hesitant. This paper reviews research on determinants of vaccine hesitancy with the objective of informing public health responses to COVID-19. Method: A literature review was conducted using a broad search strategy. Articles were included if they were published in English and relevant to the topic of demographic and individual factors associated with vaccine hesitancy. Results and Discussion: Demographic determinants of vaccine hesitancy that emerged in the literature review were age, income, educational attainment, health literacy, rurality, and parental status. Individual difference factors included mistrust in authority, disgust sensitivity, and risk aversion. Conclusion: Meeting target immunization rates will require robust public health campaigns that speak to individuals who are vaccine-hesitant in their attitudes and behaviours. Based on the assortment of demographic and individual difference factors that contribute to vaccine hesitancy, public health communications must pursue a range of strategies to increase public confidence in available COVID-19 vaccines. MDPI 2021-07-29 /pmc/articles/PMC8345367/ /pubmed/34360345 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18158054 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Hudson, Amanda Montelpare, William J. Predictors of Vaccine Hesitancy: Implications for COVID-19 Public Health Messaging |
title | Predictors of Vaccine Hesitancy: Implications for COVID-19 Public Health Messaging |
title_full | Predictors of Vaccine Hesitancy: Implications for COVID-19 Public Health Messaging |
title_fullStr | Predictors of Vaccine Hesitancy: Implications for COVID-19 Public Health Messaging |
title_full_unstemmed | Predictors of Vaccine Hesitancy: Implications for COVID-19 Public Health Messaging |
title_short | Predictors of Vaccine Hesitancy: Implications for COVID-19 Public Health Messaging |
title_sort | predictors of vaccine hesitancy: implications for covid-19 public health messaging |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8345367/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34360345 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18158054 |
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