Christian nationalism and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and uptake
| Autor: | Katie E. Corcoran, Bernard D. DiGregorio, Christopher P. Scheitle |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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COVID-19 Vaccines Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Cross-sectional study media_common.quotation_subject Population Conservatism Article Christianity Herd immunity Humans education media_common Vaccines education.field_of_study General Veterinary General Immunology and Microbiology SARS-CoV-2 Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health COVID-19 humanities Nationalism Cross-Sectional Studies Infectious Diseases religion vaccine hesitancy Molecular Medicine Christian nationalism Ideology Psychology Social psychology |
| Zdroj: | Vaccine |
| ISSN: | 0264-410X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.09.074 |
| Popis: | 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. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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