Methods to overcome vaccine hesitancy

Nayar, Rajasekharan K; Nair, Anoop T; Sherid, Muhammed; Swarnam, Kamala; Kumar, Anant; Abraham, Minu; Lordson, Jinbert; Grace, Chitra

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(19)30218-1

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“…It is known that mistrust in political populism can promote the feeling against vaccination, creating confusion and provoking mistrust [ 10 , 33 ]. Thus, familiarity and trust on the messenger, the coherence of the messages, and the political management, are fundamental for succeeding against vaccine hesitancy [ 12 , 41 ]. In crisis situations, the interpersonal trust tends to increase, while the institutional trust tends to decrease, mainly because of the mistrust of the government’s recommendations [ 3 , 42 ].…”

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Willingness to Be Vaccinated against COVID-19 in Spain before the Start of Vaccination: A Cross-Sectional Study

Rodríguez-Blanco

Montero-Navarro

Botella-Rico

et al. 2021

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Vaccine hesitancy has increased in the past few years, influenced by the socio-cultural differences, political populism, or concerns related to the effectiveness and safety of some vaccines, resulting a feeling of distrust. This feeling can become a barrier against the achievement of the immunity necessary to stop the expansion of COVID-19. The aim of this study was to evaluate the acceptance of the vaccine against COVID-19 in Spain, as well as to identify the factors that have an influence on the concerns and attitudes of people against accepting the vaccine in the months prior to the start of vaccination on December 2020. An online questionnaire was created to obtain information about (1) sociodemographic characteristics; (2) concerns and sources of information about vaccines; and (3) attitudes about vaccination and state of health. A multivariate logistic regression was performed to identify the influencing factors. Of the 2501 participants, 1207 (48.3%) would accept the COVID-19 vaccine, 623 (24.9%) were hesitant, and 671 (26.8%) would reject it. The logistic regression showed that being male, older than 60, married, retired, with a high level of education, or with a leftist political inclination, could increase the probability of accepting the COVID-19 vaccine. Disinformation and the lack of political consensus were the main sources of distrust. The patients with hypertension, immunodepression, hypercholesterolemia, or respiratory disease, or were overweight, showed a greater acceptance to the vaccine, while those with cancer took the longest to accept it. A low acceptance of the vaccine against COVID-19 was observed among the Spanish population in the phase prior to its availability, and the main fears of the population were identified. It is necessary to offer correct and transparent information about these vaccines to reduce the concerns and increase the trust of the population, to thereby guarantee the success of the vaccination campaigns.

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Willingness to Be Vaccinated against COVID-19 in Spain before the Start of Vaccination: A Cross-Sectional Study

Rodríguez-Blanco

Montero-Navarro

Botella-Rico

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“…Familiarity and trust in the messenger, as well as the message, is also a crucial success feature in tackling vaccine hesitancy [ 1 , 52 ]. Authorities should determine which campaign face and voice should be used based on formative research with the target audience.…”

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Key Guidelines in Developing a Pre-Emptive COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake Promotion Strategy

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Deshpande

Evans

et al. 2020

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This paper makes the case for immediate planning for a COVID-19 vaccination uptake strategy in advance of vaccine availability for two reasons: first, the need to build a consensus about the order in which groups of the population will get access to the vaccine; second, to reduce any fear and concerns that exist in relation to vaccination and to create demand for vaccines. A key part of this strategy is to counter the anti-vaccination movement that is already promoting hesitancy and resistance. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic there has been a tsunami of misinformation and conspiracy theories that have the potential to reduce vaccine uptake. To make matters worse, sections of populations in many countries display low trust in governments and official information about the pandemic and how the officials are tackling it. This paper aims to set out in short form critical guidelines that governments and regional bodies should take to enhance the impact of a COVID-19 vaccination strategy. We base our recommendations on a review of existing best practice guidance. This paper aims to assist those responsible for promoting COVID-19 vaccine uptake to digest the mass of guidance that exists and formulate an effective locally relevant strategy. A summary of key guidelines is presented based on best practice guidance.

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“…Thus pediatricians, and other health professionals, are typically presented with a golden opportunity to allay any unwarranted (or overmagnified) fears, regain the parents' confidence and positively influence their decision. This once again highlights the importance of communication skills (Nayar et al, 2019;Possenti et al, 2019). In fact, parents usually respond favorably to clear, concise, and honest messages of physicians, and like to have their questions answered as plainly as possible (Healy & Pickering, 2011), which, in turn, points to the need for good knowledge base and personal integrity of helthcare professionals, as well as for systematically offering these professionals adequate training and support.…”

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Childhood vaccination in the twenty-first century: Parental concerns and challenges for physicians

Janković¹

2019

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Vaccination is one of the most important methods of prevention of infectious disease, saving millions of lives worldwide and protecting people from potentially debilitating complications. It is therefore hailed as one of the greatest advances of science-based medicine of all times. Although repeatedly proven safe and effective, vaccination has been questioned and resented throughout its long history. Vaccine hesitancy and refusal are once again on the rise in this century, due to a complex interplay of numerous factors and circumstances. A decline in childhood vaccination rates has already resulted in resurgence of hitherto eliminated vaccinepreventable diseases in many countries, and is now perceived as a major public health threat. This decline is closely related to increasing spread of misinformation regarding vaccine safety and effectiveness, coupled with a growing anti-vaccine activism. This, among other issues, underscores the need to improve communication between healthcare workers and parents, as well as devise a more comprehensive approach to boosting vaccine confidence, where scientists, physicians, media and the general public all have important roles to play. In this paper, we discuss the phenomenology and causal structure of vaccine hesitancy and refusal, and briefly review some widespread vaccine-related questions of everyday practical importance.

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Methods to overcome vaccine hesitancy

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Willingness to Be Vaccinated against COVID-19 in Spain before the Start of Vaccination: A Cross-Sectional Study

Willingness to Be Vaccinated against COVID-19 in Spain before the Start of Vaccination: A Cross-Sectional Study

Key Guidelines in Developing a Pre-Emptive COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake Promotion Strategy

Childhood vaccination in the twenty-first century: Parental concerns and challenges for physicians

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