Christian nationalism and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and uptake.

Autor: Corcoran KE; West Virginia University, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, PO Box 6326, Morgantown, WV 26506-6326, United States. Electronic address: kecorcoran@mail.wvu.edu., Scheitle CP; West Virginia University, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, PO Box 6326, Morgantown, WV 26506-6326, United States. Electronic address: cpscheitle@mail.wvu.edu., DiGregorio BD; West Virginia University, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, PO Box 6326, Morgantown, WV 26506-6326, United States. Electronic address: bdigrego@mix.wvu.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Vaccine [Vaccine] 2021 Oct 29; Vol. 39 (45), pp. 6614-6621. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Oct 02.
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.09.074
Abstrakt: Understanding COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and uptake is vital for informing public health interventions. Prior U.S. research has found that religious conservatism is positively associated with anti-vaccine attitudes. One of the strongest predictors of anti-vaccine attitudes in the U.S. is Christian nationalism-a U.S. cultural ideology that wants civic life to be permeated by their particular form of nationalist Christianity. However, there are no studies examining the relationship between Christian nationalism and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and uptake. Using a new nationally representative sample of U.S. adults, we find that Christian nationalism is one of the strongest predictors of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and is negatively associated with having received or planning to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Since Christian nationalists make up approximately 20 percent of the population, these findings could have important implications for achieving herd immunity.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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