Paul Katharina T, Zimmermann Bettina M, Corsico Paolo, Fiske Amelia, Geiger Susi, Johnson Stephanie, Kuiper Janneke M L, Lievevrouw Elisa, Marelli Luca, Prainsack Barbara, Spahl Wanda, Van Hoyweghen Ine
Centre for the Study of Contemporary Solidarity (CeSCoS), Department of Political Science, University of Vienna, Austria.
Institute of History and Ethics in Medicine, School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Germany.
SSM Qual Res Health. 2022 Dec;2:100035. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2021.100035. Epub 2022 Jan 4.
Vaccine uptake is essential to managing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and vaccine hesitancy is a persistent concern. At the same time, both decision-makers and the general population have high hopes for COVID-19 vaccination. Drawing from qualitative interview data collected in October 2020 as part of the pan-European SolPan study, this study explores early and anticipatory expectations, hopes and fears regarding COVID-19 vaccination across seven European countries. We find that stances towards COVID-19 vaccines were shaped by personal lived experiences, but participants also aligned personal and communal interests in their considerations. Trust, particularly in expert institutions, was an important prerequisite for vaccine acceptance, but participants also expressed doubts about the rapid vaccine development process. Our findings emphasise the need to move beyond the study of factors driving vaccine hesitancy, and instead to focus on how people personally perceive vaccination in their particular social and political context.
疫苗接种对于应对持续的新冠疫情至关重要，而疫苗犹豫情绪一直令人担忧。与此同时，决策者和普通民众对新冠疫苗接种都寄予厚望。本研究借鉴了2020年10月作为泛欧SolPan研究的一部分收集的定性访谈数据，探讨了七个欧洲国家对新冠疫苗接种的早期和预期期望、希望和担忧。我们发现，对新冠疫苗的态度受个人生活经历影响，但参与者在考虑时也兼顾了个人和集体利益。信任，尤其是对专家机构的信任，是接受疫苗的重要前提，但参与者也对疫苗的快速研发过程表示怀疑。我们的研究结果强调，有必要超越对导致疫苗犹豫因素的研究，转而关注人们在其特定社会和政治背景下如何个人看待疫苗接种。
