Understanding the phases of vaccine hesitancy during the COVID-19 pandemic
Abstract Vaccine hesitancy is an important feature of every vaccination and COVID-19 vaccination is not an exception. During the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine hesitancy has exhibited different phases and has shown both temporal and spatial variation in these phases. This has likely arisen due to varied...
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| author | Dewesh Kumar Mansi Mathur Nitesh Kumar Rishabh Kumar Rana Rahul Chandra Tiwary Pankaja Ravi Raghav Amarendra Kumar Neelesh Kapoor Medha Mathur Tanya Tanu Soumitra Sethia Chandrakant Lahariya |
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| description | Abstract Vaccine hesitancy is an important feature of every vaccination and COVID-19 vaccination is not an exception. During the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine hesitancy has exhibited different phases and has shown both temporal and spatial variation in these phases. This has likely arisen due to varied socio-behavioural characteristics of humans and their response towards COVID 19 pandemic and its vaccination strategies. This commentary highlights that there are multiple phases of vaccine hesitancy: Vaccine Eagerness, Vaccine Ignorance, Vaccine Resistance, Vaccine Confidence, Vaccine Complacency and Vaccine Apathy. Though the phases seem to be sequential, they may co-exist at the same time in different regions and at different times in the same region. This may be attributed to several factors influencing the phases of vaccine hesitancy. The complexities of the societal reactions need to be understood in full to be addressed better. There is a dire need of different strategies of communication to deal with the various nuances of all of the phases. To address of vaccine hesitancy, an understanding of the societal reactions leading to various phases of vaccine hesitancy is of utmost importance. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-13f16064c0bb45e2b1cc31b9d56fbe2f2022-12-21T23:32:28ZengBMCIsrael Journal of Health Policy Research2045-40152022-03-011111510.1186/s13584-022-00527-8Understanding the phases of vaccine hesitancy during the COVID-19 pandemicDewesh Kumar0Mansi Mathur1Nitesh Kumar2Rishabh Kumar Rana3Rahul Chandra Tiwary4Pankaja Ravi Raghav5Amarendra Kumar6Neelesh Kapoor7Medha Mathur8Tanya Tanu9Soumitra Sethia10Chandrakant Lahariya11Department of PSM, Rajendra Institute of Medical SciencesImmunization Technical Support Unit, Ministry of Health and Family WelfareDepartment of Community Medicine, Subharti Medical CollegeDepartment of PSM, SNMMCDepartment of Community Medicine, Index Medical CollegeDepartment of Community and Family Medicine, AIIMSSubregional Team Leader Office, WHO Country Office for IndiaOrbi HealthDepartment of Community Medicine, Geetanjali Medical College and HospitalDepartment of PSM, Rajendra Institute of Medical SciencesDepartment of Community Medicine, Government Medical CollegeFoundation for People-Centric-Health SystemsAbstract Vaccine hesitancy is an important feature of every vaccination and COVID-19 vaccination is not an exception. During the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine hesitancy has exhibited different phases and has shown both temporal and spatial variation in these phases. This has likely arisen due to varied socio-behavioural characteristics of humans and their response towards COVID 19 pandemic and its vaccination strategies. This commentary highlights that there are multiple phases of vaccine hesitancy: Vaccine Eagerness, Vaccine Ignorance, Vaccine Resistance, Vaccine Confidence, Vaccine Complacency and Vaccine Apathy. Though the phases seem to be sequential, they may co-exist at the same time in different regions and at different times in the same region. This may be attributed to several factors influencing the phases of vaccine hesitancy. The complexities of the societal reactions need to be understood in full to be addressed better. There is a dire need of different strategies of communication to deal with the various nuances of all of the phases. To address of vaccine hesitancy, an understanding of the societal reactions leading to various phases of vaccine hesitancy is of utmost importance.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13584-022-00527-8COVID 19 pandemicCOVID vaccineVaccine hesitancyVaccine eagernessVaccine ignoranceVaccine resistance |
| spellingShingle | Dewesh Kumar Mansi Mathur Nitesh Kumar Rishabh Kumar Rana Rahul Chandra Tiwary Pankaja Ravi Raghav Amarendra Kumar Neelesh Kapoor Medha Mathur Tanya Tanu Soumitra Sethia Chandrakant Lahariya Understanding the phases of vaccine hesitancy during the COVID-19 pandemic Israel Journal of Health Policy Research COVID 19 pandemic COVID vaccine Vaccine hesitancy Vaccine eagerness Vaccine ignorance Vaccine resistance |
| title | Understanding the phases of vaccine hesitancy during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full | Understanding the phases of vaccine hesitancy during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Understanding the phases of vaccine hesitancy during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Understanding the phases of vaccine hesitancy during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_short | Understanding the phases of vaccine hesitancy during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_sort | understanding the phases of vaccine hesitancy during the covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | COVID 19 pandemic COVID vaccine Vaccine hesitancy Vaccine eagerness Vaccine ignorance Vaccine resistance |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13584-022-00527-8 |
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