Dutta Bireswar
English Taught Program in Smart Service Management, Department of Information Technology and Management, Taipei Campus, Shih Chien University, Taipei 10462, Taiwan.
Vaccines (Basel). 2023 Mar 25;11(4):730. doi: 10.3390/vaccines11040730.
Vaccination is considered a practical approach to improving individuals' health behavior to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the currently manufactured COVID-19 vaccines can only work for a limited time. Thus, continuous vaccination intention is crucially essential. The current study explores critical factors influencing citizens' continuous vaccination intentions for COVID-19 vaccines, based on the modified health action process approach (HAPA) model and belief in a conspiracy theory. A questionnaire survey was used to collect data from people living in Taiwan. Three hundred ninety responses were employed for the final investigation. The findings suggest that openness to experience, government communication, and pandemic knowledge significantly influence vaccination intention, but the COVID-19 threat is insignificant. Second, descriptive norms play a significant role in promoting vaccination intention. Third, a belief in conspiracy theories negatively influences vaccination intention. Fourth, vaccination behavior positively influences both perceived benefits and value co-creation. Fifth, perceived benefits positively impact value co-creation and continuous vaccination behavior. Finally, value co-creation has a significant influence on continuous vaccination behavior. The proposed model, the key contributor to the current study, confirms citizens' continuous vaccination intentions in a three-stage procedure: motivation to volitional, volitional to behavior, and volitional to continuous vaccination intention.
接种疫苗被认为是改善个人健康行为以抗击新冠疫情的一种切实可行的方法。然而，目前生产的新冠疫苗只能在有限的时间内发挥作用。因此，持续的接种意愿至关重要。本研究基于修正后的健康行动过程方法（HAPA）模型和阴谋论信念，探讨影响公民对新冠疫苗持续接种意愿的关键因素。采用问卷调查法收集台湾地区居民的数据。最终调查采用了390份回复。研究结果表明，经验开放性、政府沟通和疫情知识显著影响接种意愿，但新冠威胁并不显著。其次，描述性规范在促进接种意愿方面发挥着重要作用。第三，对阴谋论的信念对接种意愿有负面影响。第四，接种行为对感知利益和价值共创都有积极影响。第五，感知利益对价值共创和持续接种行为有积极影响。最后，价值共创对持续接种行为有显著影响。本研究所提出的模型是当前研究的关键贡献，它在一个三阶段过程中证实了公民的持续接种意愿：动机到意志、意志到行为、意志到持续接种意愿。
