Vaccine Hesitancy and Trust in the Scientific Community in Italy: Comparative Analysis from Two Recent Surveys.

European Social Survey public opinion scientific community trust vaccination vaccine hesitancy

Journal

Vaccines
ISSN: 2076-393X
Titre abrégé: Vaccines (Basel)
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101629355

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
19 Oct 2021
Historique:
received: 16 09 2021
revised: 12 10 2021
accepted: 15 10 2021
entrez: 26 10 2021
pubmed: 27 10 2021
medline: 27 10 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Vaccination rates in Italy fell until 2015 because of unfounded safety concerns. Public education and a 2017 law on mandatory vaccination have boosted rates since then. The aim of our study is to explore how trust in the scientific community and attitudes towards vaccines have changed in the period of 2017-2019 in Italy. Data were extracted from the Italian section of the 2017 and 2019 editions of the European Social Survey (ESS). We compared the two surveys highlighting changes in public opinion on vaccines. A descriptive analysis of the socio-cultural variables according to the answers provided to key questions on the harmfulness of vaccines was conducted. Differences between percentages were tested by using the χ

Identifiants

pubmed: 34696314
pii: vaccines9101206
doi: 10.3390/vaccines9101206
pmc: PMC8540200
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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Auteurs

Chiara Cadeddu (C)

Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo Francesco Vito 1, 00168 Rome, Italy.

Martina Sapienza (M)

Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo Francesco Vito 1, 00168 Rome, Italy.

Carolina Castagna (C)

Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo Francesco Vito 1, 00168 Rome, Italy.

Luca Regazzi (L)

Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo Francesco Vito 1, 00168 Rome, Italy.

Andrea Paladini (A)

Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo Francesco Vito 1, 00168 Rome, Italy.

Walter Ricciardi (W)

Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo Francesco Vito 1, 00168 Rome, Italy.

Aldo Rosano (A)

Unit of Statistics, National Institute for Public Policies Analysis (INAPP), Corso d'Italia 33, 00198 Rome, Italy.

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