Umakanthan Srikanth, Bukelo Maryann M, Bukelo Mario J, Patil Sonal, Subramaniam Naveen, Sharma Ria
Department of Para-Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St Augustine 685509, Trinidad and Tobago.
Department of Anatomical Pathology, Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Mount Hope 100607, Trinidad and Tobago.
Vaccines (Basel). 2022 Oct 19;10(10):1749. doi: 10.3390/vaccines10101749.
: During the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, trust within a community in the projected schemes or strategies to combat COVID-19 depends on the confidence generated and launched by the government and medical employees toward the public. The "vaccination intention" within a community is determined by a range of factors, which include sociodemographic features, personal beliefs, and attitude toward vaccination. : A nationwide survey was conducted involving 2000 people using a Tencent questionnaire platform. One-way ANOVA was conducted for age, education, and occupation with vaccination intention for the COVID-19 vaccine. Correlation analysis was conducted between sources, trust, and vaccination intention indicating both types of sources (official and unofficial sources) and both types of trust (trust in the social environment and in vaccines). : The reception of the sources of information on the COVID-19 vaccine was significantly higher from official sources (M = 5.54, SD = 1.37) and government officials (M = 5.68, SD = 1.499) compared with that from experts in medicine (M = 5.39, SD = 1.511). Among the unofficial sources, "chatting and communicating with family and friends" scored the highest (M = 4.84, SD = 1.649). In the statistics on people's trust in all aspects involved in vaccines, the level of trust in the social environment was significantly higher and more concentrated than in vaccines (M = 5.67, SD = 1.129). The level of trust in government (M = 5.80, SD = 1.256) was slightly higher than in medical personnel (M = 5.53, SD = 1.199). People's willingness to be vaccinated was generally high (M = 78.15, SD = 22.354). The demographic factors were not influential in vaccination intention. Both sources (official and unofficial sources) and trust (trust in the social environment and in vaccines) are significantly and positively correlated with vaccination intention. Information receptions from official and unofficial sources were significant positive predictors of trust in the social environment, but they were not significant predictors of trust in vaccines. The mediating effect of trust in vaccines on the relationship between receiving information from official and unofficial sources and vaccination intention was insignificant. : This study revealed that trust in the environment is an important channel linking people's information reception and vaccination intention, explores a new path for health information communication, and attempts to provide new ideas for health information dissemination and promotion.
在持续的新冠疫情期间，社区对对抗新冠疫情的既定计划或策略的信任取决于政府和医护人员对公众产生并发起的信心。社区内的“接种意愿”由一系列因素决定，这些因素包括社会人口特征、个人信仰以及对接种的态度。
一项全国性调查通过腾讯问卷平台对2000人进行了调查。对年龄、教育程度和职业与新冠疫苗接种意愿进行了单因素方差分析。对信息来源、信任和接种意愿之间进行了相关性分析，涉及两种信息来源（官方和非官方来源）以及两种信任类型（对社会环境的信任和对疫苗的信任）。
与医学专家（M = 5.39，标准差 = 1.511）相比，新冠疫苗信息来源的接受度在官方来源（M = 5.54，标准差 = 1.37）和政府官员（M = 5.68，标准差 = 1.499）方面显著更高。在非官方来源中，“与家人和朋友聊天交流”得分最高（M = 4.84，标准差 = 1.649）。在人们对疫苗所涉各方面的信任统计中，对社会环境的信任水平显著高于且比疫苗方面更集中（M = 5.67，标准差 = 1.129）。对政府的信任水平（M = 5.80，标准差 = 1.256）略高于医护人员（M = 5.53，标准差 = 1.199）。人们的接种意愿总体较高（M = 78.15，标准差 = 22.354）。人口统计学因素对接种意愿没有影响。两种信息来源（官方和非官方来源）以及信任（对社会环境的信任和对疫苗的信任）都与接种意愿显著正相关。来自官方和非官方来源的信息接受度是对社会环境信任度的显著正向预测指标，但不是对疫苗信任度的显著预测指标。对疫苗的信任在官方和非官方信息来源与接种意愿之间关系上的中介作用不显著。
本研究表明，对环境的信任是连接人们信息接受和接种意愿的重要渠道，探索了健康信息传播的新路径，并试图为健康信息传播与推广提供新思路。
