Personal risk or societal benefit? Investigating adults' support for COVID-19 childhood vaccination.

Autor: Chiavenna C; Bocconi University, Dondena Centre for Research on Social Dynamics and Public Policies, Milan, Italy; Bocconi University, Bocconi Institute for Data Science and Analytics (BIDSA), Milan, Italy., Leone LP; Bocconi University, Dondena Centre for Research on Social Dynamics and Public Policies, Milan, Italy., Melegaro A; Bocconi University, Dondena Centre for Research on Social Dynamics and Public Policies, Milan, Italy; Bocconi University, Bocconi Institute for Data Science and Analytics (BIDSA), Milan, Italy; Bocconi University, Social and Political Science Department, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: alessia.melegaro@unibocconi.it., Rotesi T; University of Lausanne, Department of Economics, Lausanne, Switzerland., Bokemper SE; Yale University, Institution for Social and Policy Studies, New Haven, CT, USA; Yale University, Center for the Study of American Politics, New Haven, CT, USA., Paintsil EE; Yale Institute for Global Health, New Haven, CT, USA., Malik AA; Yale Institute for Global Health, New Haven, CT, USA; Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA., Huber GA; Yale University, Institution for Social and Policy Studies, New Haven, CT, USA; Yale University, Center for the Study of American Politics, New Haven, CT, USA; Yale University, Department of Political Science, New Haven, CT, USA., Omer SB; Yale Institute for Global Health, New Haven, CT, USA; Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA; Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA; Yale School of Nursing, Orange, CT, USA., Cucciniello M; Bocconi University, Dondena Centre for Research on Social Dynamics and Public Policies, Milan, Italy; University of Edinburgh, Business School, Edinburgh, Scotland., Pin P; Bocconi University, Bocconi Institute for Data Science and Analytics (BIDSA), Milan, Italy; Università di Siena, Department of Economics and Statistics, Siena, Italy.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Vaccine [Vaccine] 2023 Jun 07; Vol. 41 (25), pp. 3683-3687. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 May 09.
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.05.017
Abstrakt: Parental hesitancy poses a serious threat to the success of the COVID-19 childhood vaccination campaign. We investigate whether adults' opinions on childhood vaccination can be influenced via two survey experiments in Italy (n = 3,633 participants) and the UK (n = 3,314 participants). Respondents were randomly assigned to: a "risk treatment" that highlighted the potential risks of COVID-19 to a child, a "herd immunity treatment" that emphasized the community benefits of pediatric vaccination, or a control message. Participants' probability of supporting COVID-19 childhood vaccination was then assessed on a 0-100 scale. We find that the "risk treatment" reduced the proportion of Italian parents strongly against vaccination by up to 29.6 %, while increasing the proportion of neutral parents by up to 45.0 %. The "herd immunity treatment", instead, was only effective among non-parents, resulting in a lower proportion of individuals against pediatric vaccination and a higher proportion of individuals in favor (both shifted by around 20 %).
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: Alessia Melegaro reports financial support was provided by European Research Council. Alessia Melegaro reports financial support was provided by Romeo and Enrica Invernizzi Foundation.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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