Public Perceptions of Harms and Benefit of COVID-19 Immunity Certificate: A Cross-Sectional Study in the Italian Setting
A cross-sectional survey between 29 January 2022 and 3 February 2022 was conducted to understand the public rationale for accepting or rejecting the use of COVID-19 immunity certificates and to identify the psychosocial factors that mostly predict the positive/negative individuals’ perceptions of th...
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| author | Serena Barello Michele Paleologo Lorenzo Palamenghi Marta Acampora Guendalina Graffigna |
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| description | A cross-sectional survey between 29 January 2022 and 3 February 2022 was conducted to understand the public rationale for accepting or rejecting the use of COVID-19 immunity certificates and to identify the psychosocial factors that mostly predict the positive/negative individuals’ perceptions of this measure. One thousand twenty-two Italian adults were recruited by a professional panel provider by employing a stratified sampling strategy controlled for gender, age, geographical area of residence, size of the urban centre of residence, employment, and wage. Eight Welch’s ANOVAs were then carried out to compare the perception of benefits and the perception of harms among different population groups. Multiple linear regression was carried out to measure the explained variance of benefits perception and harms perception by age, trust in institutions, and concern for health emergencies. The results shows that age, trust in institution, and concern for the COVID-19 emergency explain more variance of perceived benefits than of perceived harms of COVID-19 immunity certificates but the opposite regarding political orientation which explains perceived harms better than perceived benefits. The need for policy improvements is pressing because a large share of the world’s population remains unvaccinated. Moreover, our results can serve as vital information for similar health crises that may occur in the future. In addition, our results are expected to offer useful insights into public feelings around the use of digital health information tools. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1424bf89a57941cb8a445b58f41b413a2023-11-23T19:22:12ZengMDPI AGVaccines2076-393X2022-09-01109150110.3390/vaccines10091501Public Perceptions of Harms and Benefit of COVID-19 Immunity Certificate: A Cross-Sectional Study in the Italian SettingSerena Barello0Michele Paleologo1Lorenzo Palamenghi2Marta Acampora3Guendalina Graffigna4Faculty of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, L.go Gemelli 1, 20123 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, L.go Gemelli 1, 20123 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, L.go Gemelli 1, 20123 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, L.go Gemelli 1, 20123 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, L.go Gemelli 1, 20123 Milan, ItalyA cross-sectional survey between 29 January 2022 and 3 February 2022 was conducted to understand the public rationale for accepting or rejecting the use of COVID-19 immunity certificates and to identify the psychosocial factors that mostly predict the positive/negative individuals’ perceptions of this measure. One thousand twenty-two Italian adults were recruited by a professional panel provider by employing a stratified sampling strategy controlled for gender, age, geographical area of residence, size of the urban centre of residence, employment, and wage. Eight Welch’s ANOVAs were then carried out to compare the perception of benefits and the perception of harms among different population groups. Multiple linear regression was carried out to measure the explained variance of benefits perception and harms perception by age, trust in institutions, and concern for health emergencies. The results shows that age, trust in institution, and concern for the COVID-19 emergency explain more variance of perceived benefits than of perceived harms of COVID-19 immunity certificates but the opposite regarding political orientation which explains perceived harms better than perceived benefits. The need for policy improvements is pressing because a large share of the world’s population remains unvaccinated. Moreover, our results can serve as vital information for similar health crises that may occur in the future. In addition, our results are expected to offer useful insights into public feelings around the use of digital health information tools.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/10/9/1501health certificateimmunity passportsimmunity certificationpublic responseshealth policyconsumer psychology |
| spellingShingle | Serena Barello Michele Paleologo Lorenzo Palamenghi Marta Acampora Guendalina Graffigna Public Perceptions of Harms and Benefit of COVID-19 Immunity Certificate: A Cross-Sectional Study in the Italian Setting Vaccines health certificate immunity passports immunity certification public responses health policy consumer psychology |
| title | Public Perceptions of Harms and Benefit of COVID-19 Immunity Certificate: A Cross-Sectional Study in the Italian Setting |
| title_full | Public Perceptions of Harms and Benefit of COVID-19 Immunity Certificate: A Cross-Sectional Study in the Italian Setting |
| title_fullStr | Public Perceptions of Harms and Benefit of COVID-19 Immunity Certificate: A Cross-Sectional Study in the Italian Setting |
| title_full_unstemmed | Public Perceptions of Harms and Benefit of COVID-19 Immunity Certificate: A Cross-Sectional Study in the Italian Setting |
| title_short | Public Perceptions of Harms and Benefit of COVID-19 Immunity Certificate: A Cross-Sectional Study in the Italian Setting |
| title_sort | public perceptions of harms and benefit of covid 19 immunity certificate a cross sectional study in the italian setting |
| topic | health certificate immunity passports immunity certification public responses health policy consumer psychology |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/10/9/1501 |
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