West Virginia University, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, PO Box 6326, Morgantown, WV 26506-6326, United States.
Vaccine. 2021 Oct 29;39(45):6614-6621. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.09.074. Epub 2021 Oct 2.
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.
了解 COVID-19 疫苗犹豫和接种情况对于告知公共卫生干预措施至关重要。美国之前的研究发现,宗教保守主义与反疫苗态度呈正相关。在美国,对抗疫苗态度最强的预测因素之一是基督教民族主义——一种美国文化意识形态,希望公民生活渗透他们特定形式的民族主义基督教。然而,目前还没有研究检验基督教民族主义与 COVID-19 疫苗犹豫和接种之间的关系。利用美国成年人的一项新的全国代表性样本,我们发现基督教民族主义是 COVID-19 疫苗犹豫的最强预测因素之一,并且与接种或计划接种 COVID-19 疫苗呈负相关。由于基督教民族主义者约占人口的 20%,这些发现可能对实现群体免疫具有重要意义。