Mass Media Use to Learn About COVID-19 and the Non-intention to Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19 in Latin America and Caribbean Countries
BackgroundThe Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region has been one of the regions most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with countries presenting some of the highest numbers of cases and deaths from this disease in the world. Despite this, vaccination intention is not homogeneous in the region,...
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| author | Guido Bendezu-Quispe Guido Bendezu-Quispe Jerry K. Benites-Meza Jerry K. Benites-Meza Diego Urrunaga-Pastor Percy Herrera-Añazco Percy Herrera-Añazco Percy Herrera-Añazco Angela Uyen-Cateriano Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales Carlos J. Toro-Huamanchumo Carlos J. Toro-Huamanchumo Adrian V. Hernandez Adrian V. Hernandez Vicente A. Benites-Zapata Vicente A. Benites-Zapata |
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| description | BackgroundThe Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region has been one of the regions most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with countries presenting some of the highest numbers of cases and deaths from this disease in the world. Despite this, vaccination intention is not homogeneous in the region, and no study has evaluated the influence of the mass media on vaccination intention. The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between the use of mass media to learn about COVID-19 and the non-intention of vaccination against COVID-19 in LAC countries.MethodsAn analysis of secondary data from a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) survey was conducted in collaboration with Facebook on people's beliefs, behaviors, and norms regarding COVID-19. Crude and adjusted prevalence ratios (aPR) with their respective 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) were calculated to evaluate the association between the use of mass media and non-vaccination intention using generalized linear models of the Poisson family with logarithmic link.ResultsA total of 350,322 Facebook users over the age of 18 from LAC countries were included. 50.0% were men, 28.4% were between 18 and 30 years old, 41.4% had a high school education level, 86.1% lived in the city and 34.4% reported good health condition. The prevalence of using the mass media to learn about COVID-19 was mostly through mixed media (65.8%). The non-intention of vaccination was 10.8%. A higher prevalence of not intending to be vaccinated against COVID-19 was found in those who used traditional media (aPR = 1.36; 95%CI: 1.29–1.44; p < 0.001) and digital media (aPR = 1.70; 95%CI: 1.24–2.33; p = 0.003) compared to those using mixed media.ConclusionWe found an association between the type of mass media used to learn about COVID-19 and the non-intention of vaccination. The use of only traditional or digital information sources were associated with a higher probability of non-intention to vaccinate compared to the use of both sources. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-26adf269d94e49d688da2d36f035472f2022-12-22T03:25:35ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Medicine2296-858X2022-06-01910.3389/fmed.2022.877764877764Mass Media Use to Learn About COVID-19 and the Non-intention to Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19 in Latin America and Caribbean CountriesGuido Bendezu-Quispe0Guido Bendezu-Quispe1Jerry K. Benites-Meza2Jerry K. Benites-Meza3Diego Urrunaga-Pastor4Percy Herrera-Añazco5Percy Herrera-Añazco6Percy Herrera-Añazco7Angela Uyen-Cateriano8Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales9Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales10Carlos J. Toro-Huamanchumo11Carlos J. Toro-Huamanchumo12Adrian V. Hernandez13Adrian V. Hernandez14Vicente A. Benites-Zapata15Vicente A. Benites-Zapata16Escuela de Medicina, Universidad César Vallejo, Trujillo, PeruRed Internacional en Salud Colectiva y Salud Intercultural, Mexico, MexicoSociedad Científica de Estudiantes de Medicina de la Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, Trujillo, PeruGrupo Peruano de Investigación Epidemiológica, Unidad de Investigación para la Generación y Síntesis de Evidencias en Salud, Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Lima, PeruUniversidad Científica del Sur, Lima, PeruRed Internacional en Salud Colectiva y Salud Intercultural, Mexico, MexicoEscuela de enfermería, Universidad Privada San Juan Bautista, Lima, PeruInstituto de Evaluación de Tecnologías Sanitarias en Salud e Investigación–IETSI, EsSalud, Lima, PeruMedecins Sans Frontieres, Health Politics Team, Brussels, BelgiumLatin American Network of COVID-19 Research (LANCOVID), Pereira, Colombia0Grupo de Investigación Biomedicina, Faculty of Medicine, Fundación Universitaria Autónoma de las Americas, Pereira, Colombia1Unidad de Investigación para la Generación y Síntesis de Evidencias en Salud, Vicerrectorado de Investigación, Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Lima, Peru2Unidad de Investigación Multidisciplinaria, Clínica Avendaño, Lima, Peru3Health Outcomes, Policy, and Evidence Synthesis (HOPES) Group, University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy, Storrs, CT, United States4Unidad de Revisiones Sistemáticas y Metaanálisis, Guías de Práctica Clínica y Evaluaciones Tecnológicas Sanitarias, Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Lima, PeruRed Internacional en Salud Colectiva y Salud Intercultural, Mexico, Mexico1Unidad de Investigación para la Generación y Síntesis de Evidencias en Salud, Vicerrectorado de Investigación, Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Lima, PeruBackgroundThe Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region has been one of the regions most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with countries presenting some of the highest numbers of cases and deaths from this disease in the world. Despite this, vaccination intention is not homogeneous in the region, and no study has evaluated the influence of the mass media on vaccination intention. The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between the use of mass media to learn about COVID-19 and the non-intention of vaccination against COVID-19 in LAC countries.MethodsAn analysis of secondary data from a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) survey was conducted in collaboration with Facebook on people's beliefs, behaviors, and norms regarding COVID-19. Crude and adjusted prevalence ratios (aPR) with their respective 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) were calculated to evaluate the association between the use of mass media and non-vaccination intention using generalized linear models of the Poisson family with logarithmic link.ResultsA total of 350,322 Facebook users over the age of 18 from LAC countries were included. 50.0% were men, 28.4% were between 18 and 30 years old, 41.4% had a high school education level, 86.1% lived in the city and 34.4% reported good health condition. The prevalence of using the mass media to learn about COVID-19 was mostly through mixed media (65.8%). The non-intention of vaccination was 10.8%. A higher prevalence of not intending to be vaccinated against COVID-19 was found in those who used traditional media (aPR = 1.36; 95%CI: 1.29–1.44; p < 0.001) and digital media (aPR = 1.70; 95%CI: 1.24–2.33; p = 0.003) compared to those using mixed media.ConclusionWe found an association between the type of mass media used to learn about COVID-19 and the non-intention of vaccination. The use of only traditional or digital information sources were associated with a higher probability of non-intention to vaccinate compared to the use of both sources.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.877764/fullmass mediaSARS-CoV-2COVID-19Latin Americavaccines |
| spellingShingle | Guido Bendezu-Quispe Guido Bendezu-Quispe Jerry K. Benites-Meza Jerry K. Benites-Meza Diego Urrunaga-Pastor Percy Herrera-Añazco Percy Herrera-Añazco Percy Herrera-Añazco Angela Uyen-Cateriano Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales Carlos J. Toro-Huamanchumo Carlos J. Toro-Huamanchumo Adrian V. Hernandez Adrian V. Hernandez Vicente A. Benites-Zapata Vicente A. Benites-Zapata Mass Media Use to Learn About COVID-19 and the Non-intention to Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19 in Latin America and Caribbean Countries Frontiers in Medicine mass media SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 Latin America vaccines |
| title | Mass Media Use to Learn About COVID-19 and the Non-intention to Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19 in Latin America and Caribbean Countries |
| title_full | Mass Media Use to Learn About COVID-19 and the Non-intention to Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19 in Latin America and Caribbean Countries |
| title_fullStr | Mass Media Use to Learn About COVID-19 and the Non-intention to Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19 in Latin America and Caribbean Countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mass Media Use to Learn About COVID-19 and the Non-intention to Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19 in Latin America and Caribbean Countries |
| title_short | Mass Media Use to Learn About COVID-19 and the Non-intention to Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19 in Latin America and Caribbean Countries |
| title_sort | mass media use to learn about covid 19 and the non intention to be vaccinated against covid 19 in latin america and caribbean countries |
| topic | mass media SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 Latin America vaccines |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.877764/full |
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