Covid-19 Spillover Effects onto General Vaccine Attitudes

Trujillo, Kristin Lunz; Green, Jon; Safarpour, Alauna; Lazer, David; Lin, Jennifer; Motta, Matthew

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“…While the historic drop in routine childhood immunization coverage in the world is likely due to a myriad of factors, attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccines as well as COVID-19 vaccination status may have played a role [ 24 ]. A recent study (not yet peer-reviewed) points to potential spillover effects from the COVID-19 pandemic, whereby COVID-19 vaccination status and attitudes negatively influence attitudes and vaccination intentions of other vaccines, such as routine childhood immunization [ 25 ].…”

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Attitudes towards Monkeypox vaccination and predictors of vaccination intentions among the US general public

2022

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Amidst an unprecedented Monkeypox outbreak, we aimed to measure knowledge, attitudes, practices and Monkeypox vaccination intentions among the U.S. adult population. We conducted an online cross-sectional survey, representative of the U.S. adult general public in June 2022. We asked participants whether they would receive a Monkeypox vaccine, if they were recommended to do so. Participants also answered questions on their self-assessed level of Monkeypox knowledge, risk perception, perceived exaggeration of the threat, and self-efficacy around Monkeypox. Furthermore, we asked about their trusted sources of information, COVID-19 vaccination status and administered the 6-item Vaccine Trust Indicator (VTI). Survey weights were created based on age, gender and race. We analyzed predictors of Monkeypox vaccination intentions using logistic regression, adjusted for education, age, race and ethnicity. A total of 856 respondents completed the survey, of which 51% (n = 436) were female and 41% (n = 348) had a college degree or higher. If recommended, 46% of respondents intended to get vaccinated against Monkeypox, 29% would not get vaccinated and 25% did not know. Almost half the respondents (47%) found their own knowledge level about Monkeypox poor or very poor. The most trusted sources of information about the outbreak were healthcare professionals and officials, but also known doctors and researchers with a large online following. Only 24% indicated that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should be in charge of the outbreak response. Being vaccinated against COVID-19 was a strong predictor of intention to receive a Monkeypox if recommended (adjusted Odds Ratio (aOR) 29.2, 95% Confidence Interval (CI) 13.1–65.3). Increased risk perception was positively associated with vaccination intentions (aOR 2.6, 95% CI 1.8–3.6), scoring high on the VTI as well (5.4, 95% CI (3.2–9.1). The low levels of self-assessed knowledge, vaccination intentions and influence of COVID-19 vaccination status point to a lack of clear communication.

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Attitudes towards Monkeypox vaccination and predictors of vaccination intentions among the US general public

2022

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“…Although cross-national research on spillover effects is severely lacking, social scientists have documented spillover in many policy-relevant domains—such as the spillover of negative views toward the COVID-19 vaccine onto childhood vaccine mandates (e.g. Lunz-Trujillo et al, 2022; Motta, 2023), as well as the documentation of “racial spillover” to policies not obviously connected to race (e.g. Tesler, 2012)—in the United States.…”

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How pandemic-related changes in global attitudes toward the scientific community shape “post-pandemic” environmental opinion

Motta

Benegal

2023

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Low public concern about anthropogenic climate change (ACC)—due in part to distrust in the scientific community—may decrease demand for policies aimed at mitigating its deleterious effects. Encouragingly, though, recent research finds that experiences with the COVID-19 pandemic has elevated trust in scientific expertise worldwide. We explore the possibility that positive attitudes toward the medical community are “spilling over” to increase ACC acceptance via globally representative survey data from 107 countries ( N = 119,088) conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic. We show that trust in medical experts’ handling of the COVID-19 pandemic is associated with increased ACC acceptance, worldwide. Problematically, though, we also show that the effects of trust in medical professionals is strongest in countries experiencing the most positive change in attitudes toward the scientific community, which tend to be disproportionately wealthy, and less likely to bear the unequal effects of climate change.

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“…Although Japan's HPV vaccine hesitancy is still conspicuous compared to other countries worldwide, the multiplier efforts have supported a recovery trend in the coverage. Also, the increase in COVID-19 vaccination coverage may have contributed to lessening vaccine hesitancy (10), resulting in more HPV vaccine coverage among the population. However, the coverage is still far from the sufficient level of 90%, which the World Health Organization has recommended, and continued communication and education about the long-term preventive benefits of the HPV vaccine is essential to achieve optimal coverage.…”

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Underlying background of the current trend of increasing HPV vaccination coverage in Japan

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Kaneda

Kawasaki

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Cervical cancer is prevalent among women, with a reported 604,127 cases in 2020 worldwide. The incidence of cervical cancer has been mitigated in most high-income countries by promoting the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine. However, in Japan, cervical cancer is still a leading cause of mortality and the most prevalent cancer among women aged between 15 and 39. This can be attributed to the 7-year suspension of HPV vaccination recommendations by the Japanese government. A decline in vaccination coverage followed this suspension, caused by a small number of reported adverse events, resulting in a steep decline in vaccination coverage from over 70% to less than 1%. However, there have been indications of a change in trend in Japan. In 2020, a group of volunteer doctors initiated awareness-raising activities through social networking services and other platforms, and the target population that received at least one dose of the vaccine in 2020 increased to 15.9%. Additionally, in July 2020, the Japanese government approved the updated 9-valent HPV vaccine and resumed recommendations in November 2021. As a result, 30.1% of those eligible for routine HPV vaccination received at least one dose of the vaccine from April to September, 2022. However, the HPV vaccine coverage in Japan is still far from the 90% recommended by the World Health Organization, and continued communication and education on the vaccine's benefits are necessary to achieve optimal coverage.

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Covid-19 Spillover Effects onto General Vaccine Attitudes

Cited by 8 publications

References 32 publications

Attitudes towards Monkeypox vaccination and predictors of vaccination intentions among the US general public

Attitudes towards Monkeypox vaccination and predictors of vaccination intentions among the US general public

How pandemic-related changes in global attitudes toward the scientific community shape “post-pandemic” environmental opinion

Underlying background of the current trend of increasing HPV vaccination coverage in Japan

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