Belief in vaccine myths and vaccine uptake in Utah during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Belief in vaccine myths and vaccine uptake in Utah during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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DOI：
10.1016/j.pmedr.2023.102390
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发表时间：
2023-12
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Beacham, Mitchell
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作者：
Omisakin, Olusola A.;Ulrich-Schad, Jessica D.;Hunt, Aaron;Givens, Jennifer E.;Beacham, Mitchell
从公共卫生角度来看，COVID-19 疫苗的接种率低于预期。犹他州三分之一的受访者认为该疫苗由于快速开发和测试而不安全。年龄较大、有宗教信仰、受教育程度较低且较为保守的调查受访者对疫苗神话的信仰程度较高。犹他州调查受访者对疫苗神话的信仰与 COVID-19 疫苗接种率较低有关。鉴于神话在社交媒体上的传播，理解神话的信仰对于当前和未来的公共卫生措施至关重要。自 2019 年 12 月出现以来，COVID-19 已导致全球数百万人死亡。尽管包括美国在内的大多数地方都可以大量获得疫苗，但从公共卫生角度来看，疫苗的使用率低于理想水平。本文的目的是研究对疫苗神话的信仰，包括支持这种信仰的个人和地点特征、疫苗的使用情况，以及神话信仰在获得 COVID-19 疫苗中的作用。我们使用由 529 名犹他州成年居民组成的在线小组的加权调查数据。在进行调查时，我们样本中 69% 的人已完全接种疫苗。我们发现，犹他州人对疫苗神话的信仰各不相同，最高比例的人认为疫苗由于快速发展而不安全。那些年龄较大、宗教信仰较多（包括耶稣基督后期圣徒教会的成员）、受过较少正规教育且较为保守的人更有可能对疫苗神话有中等和/或较高程度的信仰。我们发现，即使在控制其他因素的情况下，对疫苗神话的信仰与 COVID-19 疫苗接种率较低有关。了解推动疫苗接种的因素，包括对新出现的疫苗神话的信念的作用，对于本次疫情和未来疫情爆发的公共卫生措施非常重要。
COVID-19 vaccine uptake has been lower than desired from a public health perspective. One-third of survey respondents from Utah see the vaccine as unsafe because of rapid development and testing. Older, religious, less educated, and more conservative survey respondents had higher levels of belief in vaccine myths. Belief in vaccine myths is associated with lower COVID-19 vaccine uptake among Utah survey respondents. Understanding belief in myths is key for current and future public health measures given their spread on social media. Since its emergence in December 2019, COVID-19 has caused millions of deaths worldwide. While vaccines are largely available in most places, including the United States (U.S.), vaccine uptake is lower than is desirable from a public health perspective. The objective of this paper is to examine belief in vaccine myths, including what individual and place characteristics underpin such beliefs, and uptake of vaccines – as well as the role of belief in myths in obtaining the COVID-19 vaccine. We use weighted survey data from an online panel of 529 Utah adult residents. Sixty-nine percent of our sample was fully vaccinated at the time of taking the survey. We find that belief in vaccine myths varies among Utahns, with the highest percentage seeing the vaccines as unsafe because of their rapid development. Those who are older, are more religious (including members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), have less formal education, and are more conservative were more likely to have medium and/or higher levels of belief in vaccine myths. We find that belief in vaccine myths is associated with lower COVID-19 vaccine uptake, even when controlling for other factors. Understanding what drives vaccination uptake, including the role of belief in emerging vaccine myths, is important for public health measures in this and future outbreaks.
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