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Vaccine Hesitancy: Contemporary Issues and Historical Background

Vaccines, 2022
Vaccination, despite being recognized as one of the most effective primary public health measures, is viewed as unsafe and unnecessary by an increasing number of individuals.
Rina Fajri Nuwarda, Iqbal Ramzan, Lynn Weekes, Veysel Kayser   +3 more
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Knowledge, attitudes, perceptions, and COVID-19 hesitancy in a large public university in Mexico city during the early vaccination rollout

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Vaccination against COVID-19 is a primary tool for controlling the pandemic. However, the spread of vaccine hesitancy constitutes a significant threat to reverse progress in preventing the disease.
Norma Mongua-Rodríguez, Mauricio Rodríguez-Álvarez, Daniela De-la-Rosa-Zamboni, María Eugenia Jiménez-Corona, Martha Lucía Castañeda-Cediel, Guadalupe Miranda-Novales, Gustavo Cruz-Pacheco, Elizabeth Ferreira-Guerrero, Leticia Ferreyra-Reyes, Guadalupe Delgado-Sánchez, Maribel Martínez-Hernández, Arturo Cruz-Salgado, Rogelio Pérez-Padilla, Samuel Ponce-de-León, Lourdes García-García   +14 more
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Influence of Media Information Sources on Vaccine Uptake: The Full and Inconsistent Mediating Role of Vaccine Hesitancy

Computation, 2023
Vaccine hesitancy is a significant public health concern, with numerous studies demonstrating its negative impact on immunization rates. One factor that can influence vaccine hesitancy is media coverage of vaccination.
Almudena Recio-Román, Manuel Recio-Menéndez, María Victoria Román-González   +2 more
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COVID-19 and influenza vaccine-hesitancy subgroups.

PLoS ONE
Health communicators are faced with the challenge that people can hesitate vaccines for different reasons. Our aim was to identify and describe the qualities of distinct COVID-19 and influenza vaccine-hesitancy subgroups to facilitate the development of ...
Karl O Mäki, Linda C Karlsson, Johanna K Kaakinen, Philipp Schmid, Stephan Lewandowsky, Jan Antfolk, Anna Soveri   +6 more
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Factors Associated With the Vaccination Behavior Among COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitant College Students in Wuhan, China: A Survey Based on Social Psychological Dimension

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
BackgroundDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine hesitancy (VH) on COVID-19 vaccination still exists in different populations, which has a negative impact on epidemic prevention and control.
Yifan Xiong, Ying Zhao, Tianyu Zhang, Qi Wang, Jun-an Liu   +4 more
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Bridging the gap: tackling general and HPV vaccine hesitancy in rural and low-vaccination areas to improve HPV vaccine uptake

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundDespite strong efforts, HPV vaccine uptake remains low, especially in rural areas. This study examined general and HPV vaccine hesitancy among parents of children aged 9–17 in rural, low-vaccination areas, its link to HPV vaccination rates, and
Shillpa Naavaal, Joseph Boyle, Tegwyn Brickhouse, Askar Chukmaitov, Janaye Oliver, Bernard F. Fuemmeler   +5 more
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Latinx youth's and parents' covid-19 beliefs, vaccine hesitancy and vaccination rates: Longitudinal associations in a community sample.

PLoS ONE
IntroductionThe Latinx population has the second highest COVID-19 death rate among racial/ethnic groups in the United States and less than half of Latinx youth aged 5-17 years old completed their COVID-19 primary vaccination series as of September 2022 ...
Namoonga M Mantina, Maiya G Block Ngaybe, Katharine H Zeiders, Kayla M Osman, Ada M Wilkinson-Lee, Antoinette M Landor, Lindsay T Hoyt   +6 more
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COVID Stress Factors, Willingness to be Vaccinated, and Reasons for Vaccination Hesitancy Amongst Youth and Ethnic Minorities: A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis

SAGE Open
COVID-19 has caused psychological trauma. However, it is unclear whether these stresses are comparable across ethnicities, across age groups, and vaccination hesitancy.
Prathiba Batley, Nicholas John Batley, Hanifeh Mushfiq, Elodie Perrin, Tugce Bellikli, Ateka A. Contractor, Sanaz Mousavi, Priscilla Toko, Tyra Nichols   +8 more
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The Mediating Role of Vaccine Hesitancy in Influenza Vaccination Uptake and Intention Among Older Adults in Urban China: Based on a Structural Equation Modeling Study

Vaccines
Background: Influenza presents significant risks to older adults; however, vaccination coverage in China remains low despite robust recommendations. Factors such as vaccine hesitancy, physician recommendations, health status, and socioeconomic conditions
Shuai Yuan, Yuxing Wang, Yuanruo Xie, Jianing Dai, Sean X. Leng, Lili You   +5 more
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Vaccination and the Prevention of Communicable Diseases in Healthcare Settings: Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic

Health Services Insights, 2021
With the number of Covid cases and Covid-related deaths continuing unabated, achieving a high vaccination coverage is essential to ensure the safety of staff and patients and resume normal hospital care admissions and operations.
Benjamin G Voyer, Claudine Provencher
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