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  1. Vaccine hesitancy: Definition, scope and determinants

    Noni E. MacDonald · 2015 · Vaccine · 5,725 citations

    The SAGE Working Group on Vaccine Hesitancy concluded that vaccine hesitancy refers to delay in acceptance or refusal of vaccination despite availability of vaccination services. Vaccine hesitancy is complex and context specific, varying across time, place and vaccines. It is influenced by factors such as complacency, convenience and confidence. The Working Group retained the term 'vaccine' rather than 'vaccination' hesitancy, although the latter more correctly implies the broader range of immunization concerns, as vaccine hesitancy is the more commonly used term. While high levels of hesitancy lead to low vaccine demand, low levels of hesitancy do not necessarily mean high vaccine demand. T

  2. COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Worldwide: A Concise Systematic Review of Vaccine Acceptance Rates

    Malik Sallam · 2021 · Vaccines · 2,172 citations

    Utility of vaccine campaigns to control coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) is not merely dependent on vaccine efficacy and safety. Vaccine acceptance among the general public and healthcare workers appears to have a decisive role in the successful control of the pandemic. The aim of this review was to provide an up-to-date assessment of COVID-19 vaccination acceptance rates worldwide. A systematic search of the peer-reviewed English survey literature indexed in PubMed was done on 25 December 2020. Results from 31 peer-reviewed published studies met the inclusion criteria and formed the basis for the final COVID-19 vaccine acceptance estimates. Survey studies on COVID-19 vaccine acceptance r

  3. Determinants of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in the US

    Amyn A. Malik, SarahAnn M. McFadden, Jad A. Elharake, et al. · 2020 · EClinicalMedicine · 1,559 citations

    BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic continues to adversely affect the U.S., which leads globally in total cases and deaths. As COVID-19 vaccines are under development, public health officials and policymakers need to create strategic vaccine-acceptance messaging to effectively control the pandemic and prevent thousands of additional deaths. METHODS: Using an online platform, we surveyed the U.S. adult population in May 2020 to understand risk perceptions about the COVID-19 pandemic, acceptance of a COVID-19 vaccine, and trust in sources of information. These factors were compared across basic demographics. FINDINGS: Of the 672 participants surveyed, 450 (67%) said they would accept a COVID-19

  4. Barriers of Influenza Vaccination Intention and Behavior – A Systematic Review of Influenza Vaccine Hesitancy, 2005 – 2016

    Philipp Schmid, Dorothee Rauber, Cornelia Betsch, et al. · 2017 · PLoS ONE · 1,276 citations

    BACKGROUND: Influenza vaccine hesitancy is a significant threat to global efforts to reduce the burden of seasonal and pandemic influenza. Potential barriers of influenza vaccination need to be identified to inform interventions to raise awareness, influenza vaccine acceptance and uptake. OBJECTIVE: This review aims to (1) identify relevant studies and extract individual barriers of seasonal and pandemic influenza vaccination for risk groups and the general public; and (2) map knowledge gaps in understanding influenza vaccine hesitancy to derive directions for further research and inform interventions in this area. METHODS: Thirteen databases covering the areas of Medicine, Bioscience, Psych

  5. COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy in low- and middle-income countries

    Julio S. Solís Arce, Shana S. Warren, Niccolò F. Meriggi, et al. · 2021 · Nature Medicine · 1,152 citations

    Widespread acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines is crucial for achieving sufficient immunization coverage to end the global pandemic, yet few studies have investigated COVID-19 vaccination attitudes in lower-income countries, where large-scale vaccination is just beginning. We analyze COVID-19 vaccine acceptance across 15 survey samples covering 10 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in Asia, Africa and South America, Russia (an upper-middle-income country) and the United States, including a total of 44,260 individuals. We find considerably higher willingness to take a COVID-19 vaccine in our LMIC samples (mean 80.3%; median 78%; range 30.1 percentage points) compared with the United States

  6. Strategies for addressing vaccine hesitancy – A systematic review

    Caitlin Jarrett, Rose Wilson, Maureen O’Leary, et al. · 2015 · Vaccine · 1,105 citations

    UNLABELLED: The purpose of this systematic review is to identify, describe and assess the potential effectiveness of strategies to respond to issues of vaccine hesitancy that have been implemented and evaluated across diverse global contexts. METHODS: A systematic review of peer reviewed (January 2007-October 2013) and grey literature (up to October 2013) was conducted using a broad search strategy, built to capture multiple dimensions of public trust, confidence and hesitancy concerning vaccines. This search strategy was applied and adapted across several databases and organizational websites. Descriptive analyses were undertaken for 166 (peer reviewed) and 15 (grey literature) evaluation s

  7. Social media and vaccine hesitancy

    Steven Lloyd Wilson, Charles Shey Wiysonge · 2020 · BMJ Global Health · 993 citations

    BACKGROUND: Understanding the threat posed by anti-vaccination efforts on social media is critically important with the forth coming need for world wide COVID-19 vaccination programs. We globally evaluate the effect of social media and online foreign disinformation campaigns on vaccination rates and attitudes towards vaccine safety. METHODS: Weuse a large-n cross-country regression framework to evaluate the effect ofsocial media on vaccine hesitancy globally. To do so, we operationalize social media usage in two dimensions: the use of it by the public to organize action(using Digital Society Project indicators), and the level of negative lyoriented discourse about vaccines on social media (u

  8. Vaccine hesitancy and healthcare providers

    Pauline Paterson, François Meurice, Lawrence R. Stanberry, et al. · 2016 · Vaccine · 923 citations

    While most people vaccinate according to the recommended schedule, this success is challenged by individuals and groups who delay or refuse vaccines. The aim of this article is to review studies on vaccine hesitancy among healthcare providers (HCPs), and the influences of their own vaccine confidence and vaccination behaviour on their vaccination recommendations to others. The search strategy was developed in Medline and then adapted across several multidisciplinary mainstream databases including Embase Classic & Embase, and PschInfo. All foreign language articles were included if the abstract was available in English. A total of 185 articles were included in the literature review. 66% studi

  9. COVID-19 and vaccine hesitancy: A longitudinal study

    Ariel Fridman, Rachel Gershon, Ayelet Gneezy · 2021 · PLoS ONE · 718 citations

    How do attitudes toward vaccination change over the course of a public health crisis? We report results from a longitudinal survey of United States residents during six months (March 16 -August 16, 2020) of the COVID-19 pandemic. Contrary to past research suggesting that the increased salience of a disease threat should improve attitudes toward vaccines, we observed a decrease in intentions of getting a COVID-19 vaccine when one becomes available. We further found a decline in general vaccine attitudes and intentions of getting the influenza vaccine. Analyses of heterogeneity indicated that this decline is driven by participants who identify as Republicans, who showed a negative trend in vac

  17. Vaccine Hesitancy in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Determinants and Interventions

    Irakoze Mukamana S. · 2026 · Research Output Journal of Public Health and Medicine

    Vaccine hesitancy remains a significant barrier to achieving optimal immunization coverage in low- and middleincome countries (LMICs), despite the proven effectiveness of vaccines in reducing morbidity and mortality from vaccine-preventable diseases. This meta-synthesis examines the determinants of vaccine hesitancy and evaluates evidence-based interventions aimed at improving vaccine acceptance in LMIC settings. The review draws on studies published between 2011 and 2021 and identifies multi-level factors influencing vaccination decisions, including individual beliefs, sociocultural norms, health system constraints, structural barriers, and misinformation within the information environment.

  20. PARENTAL ACCEPTANCE OF COVID-19 VACCINE AND DETERMINANTS OF VACCINE HESITANCY.

    Nirosha Ponnuraj, Kamalanathan Padmanabhan, Saravanan Muthuarumugam · 2023 · INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH

    Background: Our study aimed to assess the parental acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination for their children and evaluate the factors inuencing their decision toward vaccination. A cross-sectional s Materials And Methods: urvey in Tamil Nadu gathered data from parents of children aged 6 months to 18 years. It assessed their willingness to vaccinate both their children and themselves against COVID-19 and examined their opinions on the vaccine. The study used multistage random sampling and employed Chisquare tests to analyze factors inuencing vaccination acceptance. Among t Results: he 653 participants, 493 parents (75.5%) intended to vaccinate their children against COVID-19. Parents of childre

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