Mistrust in biomedical research and vaccine hesitancy: the forefront challenge in the battle against COVID-19 in Italy

Researchers have been working quickly and collaboratively for the development of vaccines against the COVID-19 virus. The effort of the scientific community in searching a vaccine for COVID-19 may be hampered by a diffused vaccine hesitancy. Two waves of data collection on representative samples of...

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Vydáno v:European journal of epidemiology Ročník 35; číslo 8; s. 785 - 788
Hlavní autoři: Palamenghi, Lorenzo, Barello, Serena, Boccia, Stefania, Graffigna, Guendalina
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.08.2020
Springer Nature B.V
Témata:
Betacoronavirus
Biomedical Research
Cardiology
Communication
Coronavirus Infections - prevention & control
Coronavirus Infections - psychology
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 Vaccines
Data collection
Disease transmission
Epidemiology
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Infectious Diseases
Italy
Medical research
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Oncology
Pandemics
Pandemics - prevention & control
Patient Acceptance of Health Care - psychology
Pneumonia, Viral - prevention & control
Public Health
SARS-CoV-2
Trust
Vaccination - psychology
Vaccine Hesitancy
Vaccines
Viral diseases
Viral Vaccines - administration & dosage
Viral Vaccines - adverse effects
Viruses
Italy
Trust in science
Covid-19
Vaccine hesitancy
Trust in vaccine
Vaccine effectiveness
ISSN:0393-2990, 1573-7284, 1573-7284
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Shrnutí:Researchers have been working quickly and collaboratively for the development of vaccines against the COVID-19 virus. The effort of the scientific community in searching a vaccine for COVID-19 may be hampered by a diffused vaccine hesitancy. Two waves of data collection on representative samples of the Italian population (during the “first” and “second” phase of the Italian Covid-19 mitigation strategy) were conducted to understand citizens’ perceptions and behaviors about preventive behaviors willingness to vaccine for COVID-19. Our study shows that willingness to COVID-19 vaccine is correlated to trust in research and in vaccines, which decreased between phase 1 and phase 2 of the Italian pandemic. According to the results of our study, the proportion of citizens that seem to be intentioned to get the Covid-19 vaccine is probably too small to effectively stop the spreading of the disease. This requires to foster a climate of respectful mutual trust between science and society, where scientific knowledge is not only preached but also cultivated and sustained thanks to the emphatic understanding of citizens worries, needs of reassurance and health expectations.
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ISSN:0393-2990
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DOI:10.1007/s10654-020-00675-8