Factors in vaccination intention against the pandemic influenza A/H1N1

Abstract

The factors found to predict vaccination intention and their distribution are assumed to be a consequence of the fact that people perceive the risk of swine flu to be similar to that of seasonal flu. As a result, in the absence of an increase of the risk perception of pandemic influenza A/H1N1, a very low level of actual vaccination is forecasted. Behavioural change would require that the risks and consequences of pandemic influenza A/H1N1 be perceived as highly different from seasonal flu.

Trust in medical organizations predicts pandemic (H1N1) 2009 vaccination behavior and perceived efficacy of protection measures in the Swiss public

“…Classical models use attitudes and intentions as determinants of actual behaviors [11,12,20] but few studies investigate in fact actual behaviors which are difficult to capture. In the case of influenza, beliefs about disease, such as worry, vulnerability or conspiracy ideas affect vaccination intentions [9]; worry and vulnerability also affect perceived efficacy of health recommendations [8]. Our results about health recommendations replicate these findings because perceived efficacy of these recommendations is predicted by perceived vulnerability to disease and perceived threat.…”

“…Research on this issue is lacking. Although lay perceptions affect how the public reacts to and applies recommendations [8][9][10], up to now the impact of trust has not been studied. Moreover, many studies also measure intentions or perceived efficacy as proxies for actual behavior or use cross-sectional designs [10][11][12].…”

Neighbourhood cohesion under the influx of migrants in Shanghai

“…We conducted a reliability test (Cronbach, 1951;Twigg et al, 2010) to ensure that the grouping of the indicators into five domains is statistically justified. The Cronbach alpha values (Table 1) show that the grouping is acceptable as all values are above the 0.6 level (Saleem and Bobak, 2005;Setbon and Raude, 2010;Sturmey et al, 2005). Common values refers to how much residents share similar values and belief, which in turn helps local communities to work towards shared goals and to foster a civic culture (Kearns and Forrest, 2000: 997).…”

Factores asociados a la predisposición a vacunarse contra la gripe pandémica A/H1N1 en población adulta del Departamento de Salud de Elche (España): Influencia de las fuentes de información

“…Esto ha permitido adquirir una idea bastante aproximada de la situación 9 , sobre la que se han creado modelos matemáticos predictivos de evolución de la enfermedad 10 y se han podido comparar las medidas adoptadas por las autoridades de los países europeos 3 . También se ha investigado la actitud en las distintas poblaciones estudiadas, tanto hacia la vacunación [11][12][13] como hacia las medidas preventivas [14][15][16] así como sus preocupaciones y sus conocimientos sobre la propagación de la gripe y su influencia sobre la predisposición a vacunarse, la vacuna o sus efectos secundarios [17][18][19][20][21][22] . A las bondades resaltadas sobre la efectividad de la vacuna durante la epidemia en nuestro país 9,23,24 , se suman los resultados que muestran una baja predisposición a la vacunación y en consecuencia una baja cobertura vacunal, un uso extendido de medidas preventivas, poca preocupación por la gripe, unos conocimientos aceptables sobre los mecanismos de propagación y escasos sobre la vacuna y sus efectos secundarios [25][26][27][28] .…”