Institutional trust is a distinct construct related to vaccine hesitancy and refusal.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vaccine hesitancy is driven by a heterogeneous and changing set of psychological, social and historical phenomena, requiring multidisciplinary approaches to its study and intervention. Past research has brought to light instances of both interpersonal and institutional trust playing an important role in vaccine uptake. However, no comprehensive study to date has specifically assessed the relative importance of these two categories of trust as they relate to vaccine behaviors and attitudes.

Methods

In this paper, we examine the relationship between interpersonal and institutional trust and four measures related to COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and one measure related to general vaccine hesitancy. We hypothesize that, across measures, individuals with vaccine hesitant

SUBMITTER: Krastev S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10714562 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature