School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent, Cornwallis East, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NF, UK.
School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia.
F1000Res. 2022 Aug 4;11:891. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.124587.1. eCollection 2022.
In this editorial, we identify the key questions requiring further exploration in the sociology of vaccines. In doing so, we discuss the socio-structural forces shaping views towards knowledge about and access to vaccination, trust in vaccines and regulators/decision makers, the associated problem of financial interests in vaccine development and regulation, and global vaccine inequalities. Across the breadth of these issues, we additionally identify a range of theoretical perspectives and conceptual directions that sociologists might utilise when producing innovative empirical, methodological and theoretical research on vaccination relating to risk and uncertainty, conflicts of interest, power and inequality.
在这篇社论中，我们确定了疫苗社会学中需要进一步探讨的关键问题。在这样做的过程中，我们讨论了影响人们对疫苗接种相关知识的看法和获取途径、对疫苗和监管机构/决策者的信任、疫苗研发和监管中存在的利益冲突以及全球疫苗不平等的社会结构力量。在这些问题的广泛范围内，我们还确定了一系列理论视角和概念方向，社会学家在进行与风险和不确定性、利益冲突、权力和不平等相关的疫苗创新实证、方法和理论研究时可以利用这些视角和方向。
