Institute of Public Administration, Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs, Leiden University, The Hague, The Netherlands.
Amsterdam School of Communication Research, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Eur J Public Health. 2022 Nov 29;32(6):985-987. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckac112.
Vaccination campaigns amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have been extensively politicized in a number of countries. Controlling for a number of demographic, social and economic factors, we find a negative statistical relationship between the aggregate vote share of the populist-right wing Forum for Democracy and the vaccination rate against COVID-19 across Dutch municipalities. We also find a negative relationship between the proportion of individuals with reformed Protestant and Muslim religious beliefs. These relationships can possibly be related to religious worldviews or mistrust towards authority. These results show that the politicization of health behaviours can have detrimental effects on public health campaigns.
在 2019 冠状病毒病(COVID-19)大流行期间,许多国家的疫苗接种活动被广泛政治化。在控制了一些人口、社会和经济因素后,我们发现荷兰各城市中,民粹右翼民主论坛的总选票份额与 COVID-19 疫苗接种率之间存在负统计关系。我们还发现,具有改革后新教和穆斯林宗教信仰的个人比例与 COVID-19 疫苗接种率之间存在负相关关系。这些关系可能与宗教世界观或对权威的不信任有关。这些结果表明,将健康行为政治化可能会对公共卫生运动产生不利影响。