Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
Department of Political Science, College of Literature, Sciences and the Arts University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
Int J Public Health. 2021 May 14;66:636255. doi: 10.3389/ijph.2021.636255. eCollection 2021.
An effective vaccine to SARS-CoV-2 cannot be successfully deployed if a significant number of people worldwide are unwilling to accept it. We investigated the relationship between trust in scientists and medical professionals and perceptions of vaccine safety and effectiveness. We also build on past studies by exploring the relationship between confidence in global health organizations and vaccine hesitancy. We conducted an online survey in seventeen countries/territories across five world regions between May -June 2020. We assessed the relationship between COVID19 vaccine hesitancy, confidence in public health organizations, and trust in key experts and leaders. Our findings strongly suggest that confidence in the World Health Organization combined with trust in domestic scientists and healthcare professionals is a strong driver of vaccine acceptance across multiple countries/territories. We find that hesitancy is widespread, and uptake would be insufficient to achieve herd immunity. There is widespread confidence in how public health organizations have responded to the current pandemic and this is related to vaccine acceptance. Our results also highlight the important role of trust in health care providers and scientists in reducing COVID19 vaccine hesitancy.
如果全球相当一部分人不愿意接受，那么针对严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒 2 型（SARS-CoV-2）的有效疫苗就无法成功部署。我们调查了对科学家和医疗专业人员的信任与对疫苗安全性和有效性的看法之间的关系。我们还通过探索对全球卫生组织的信心与疫苗犹豫之间的关系，建立在过去的研究基础上。我们于 2020 年 5 月至 6 月在五个世界区域的十七个国家/地区进行了在线调查。我们评估了对 COVID19 疫苗犹豫、对公共卫生组织的信心，以及对关键专家和领导人的信任之间的关系。我们的研究结果强烈表明，对世界卫生组织的信心与对国内科学家和医疗保健专业人员的信任相结合，是多个国家/地区疫苗接种接受的强大驱动力。我们发现，犹豫情绪普遍存在，而接种疫苗的人数不足以实现群体免疫。公众对公共卫生组织应对当前大流行的方式普遍有信心，这与疫苗的可接受性有关。我们的研究结果还突出了信任医疗保健提供者和科学家在减少 COVID19 疫苗犹豫方面的重要作用。
