Pia Vuolanto, Ana Nunes Almeida, Alistair Anderson, Petra Auvinen, André Beja, Piet Bracke, Mario Cardano, Melissa Ceuterick, Tiago Correia, Elisabetta DE Vito, Katrijn Delaruelle, Ana Delicado, Maurizio Esposito, Maria Ferrara, Luigi Gariglio, Cátia Guerreiro, Jaroslava Hasmanová Marhánková, Ana Patrícia Hilário, Pru Hobson-West, Juliana Iorio, Katri-Maria Järvinen, Annariina Koivu, Zuzana Kotherová, Aapo Kuusipalo, Esther Lermytte, Joana Mendonça, Rita Morais, Dino Numerato, Paulina Polak, Tadeusz Rudek, Sara Sbaragli, Alice Scavarda, Katielle Silva, Pedro Alcantâra DA Silva, Jonas Sivelä, Eva Soares Moura, Maria Świątkiewicz-Mośny, Giuseppe Tipaldo, Aleksandra Wagner
This article presents the design of a seven-country study focusing on childhood vaccines, Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy in Europe (VAX-TRUST), developed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study consists of (a) situation analysis of vaccine hesitancy (examination of individual, socio-demographic and macro-level factors of vaccine hesitancy and analysis of media coverage on vaccines and vaccination and (b) participant observation and in-depth interviews of healthcare professionals and vaccine-hesitant parents. These analyses were used to design interventions aimed at increasing awareness on the complexity of vaccine hesitancy among healthcare professionals involved in discussing childhood vaccines with parents...
February 12, 2024: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health