ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University, Melbourne, Australia.
PLoS One. 2021 Mar 24;16(3):e0248892. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0248892. eCollection 2021.
High levels of vaccination coverage in populations will be required even with vaccines that have high levels of effectiveness to prevent and stop outbreaks of coronavirus. The World Health Organisation has suggested that governments take a proactive response to vaccine hesitancy 'hotspots' based on social and behavioural insights.
Representative longitudinal online survey of over 3000 adults from Australia that examines the demographic, attitudinal, political and social attitudes and COVID-19 health behavior correlates of vaccine hesitance and resistance to a COVID-19 vaccine.
Overall, 59% would definitely get the vaccine, 29% had low levels of hesitancy, 7% had high levels of hesitancy and 6% were resistant. Females, those living in disadvantaged areas, those who reported that risks of COVID-19 was overstated, those who had more populist views and higher levels of religiosity were more likely to be hesitant or resistant while those who had higher levels of household income, those who had higher levels of social distancing, who downloaded the COVID-Safe App, who had more confidence in their state or territory government or confidence in their hospitals, or were more supportive of migration were more likely to intend to get vaccinated.
Our findings suggest that vaccine hesitancy, which accounts for a significant proportion of the population can be addressed by public health messaging but for a significant minority of the population with strongly held beliefs, alternative policy measures may well be needed to achieve sufficient vaccination coverage to end the pandemic.
即使疫苗具有很高的有效性，也需要在人群中达到很高的疫苗接种率，以预防和阻止冠状病毒的爆发。世界卫生组织建议各国根据社会和行为洞察，对疫苗犹豫“热点”采取积极主动的应对措施。
这是一项针对澳大利亚超过 3000 名成年人的代表性纵向在线调查，调查了疫苗犹豫和对 COVID-19 疫苗的抵制与人口统计学、态度、政治和社会态度以及 COVID-19 健康行为的相关性。
总体而言，59%的人肯定会接种疫苗，29%的人有低度犹豫，7%的人有高度犹豫，6%的人有抵抗力。女性、居住在贫困地区的人、认为 COVID-19 风险被夸大的人、更民粹主义观点和更高宗教信仰的人更有可能犹豫不决或抵制，而那些家庭收入更高、社交距离更大、下载 COVID-Safe App、对州或地区政府更有信心或对医院更有信心、或更支持移民的人更有可能打算接种疫苗。
我们的研究结果表明，公共卫生信息可以解决疫苗犹豫问题，这在很大程度上可以解释人口中的很大一部分，但对于一小部分持强烈信念的人来说，可能需要采取替代政策措施，以实现足够的疫苗接种率，从而结束大流行。
