Mistrust in biomedical research and vaccine hesitancy: the forefront challenge in the battle against COVID-19 in Italy
Mistrust in biomedical research and vaccine hesitancy: the forefront challenge in the battle against COVID-19 in Italy
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DOI：
10.1007/s10654-020-00675-8
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发表时间：
2020-08-17
影响因子：
13.6
通讯作者：
Graffigna, Guendalina
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作者：
Palamenghi, Lorenzo;Barello, Serena;Graffigna, Guendalina
研究人员一直在快速合作开发针对COVID-19病毒的疫苗。科学界在寻找COVID-19疫苗方面的努力可能会受到疫苗犹豫不决的影响。对意大利人口的代表性样本进行了两波数据收集（在意大利Covid-19缓解策略的“第一”和“第二”阶段），以了解公民对预防行为的看法和行为，以及接种COVID-19疫苗的意愿。我们的研究表明，接种COVID-19疫苗的意愿与对研究和疫苗的信任相关，在意大利大流行的第一阶段和第二阶段之间有所下降。根据我们的研究结果，似乎有意接种新冠疫苗的公民比例可能太小，无法有效阻止疾病的传播。这就需要在科学与社会之间营造一种相互尊重、相互信任的氛围，在这种氛围中，科学知识不仅得到传播，而且由于对公民的担忧、放心需求和健康期望的深入理解而得到培养和维持。
Researchers have been working quickly and collaboratively for the development of vaccines against the COVID-19 virus. The effort of the scientific community in searching a vaccine for COVID-19 may be hampered by a diffused vaccine hesitancy. Two waves of data collection on representative samples of the Italian population (during the "first" and "second" phase of the Italian Covid-19 mitigation strategy) were conducted to understand citizens' perceptions and behaviors about preventive behaviors willingness to vaccine for COVID-19. Our study shows that willingness to COVID-19 vaccine is correlated to trust in research and in vaccines, which decreased between phase 1 and phase 2 of the Italian pandemic. According to the results of our study, the proportion of citizens that seem to be intentioned to get the Covid-19 vaccine is probably too small to effectively stop the spreading of the disease. This requires to foster a climate of respectful mutual trust between science and society, where scientific knowledge is not only preached but also cultivated and sustained thanks to the emphatic understanding of citizens worries, needs of reassurance and health expectations.