Understanding and addressing Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy in low and middle income countries and in people with severe mental illness
Overview and recommendations for Latin America and the Caribbean
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15524730 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Clara Gitahy Falcão Faria (0000-0002-1290-2349, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, corresponding author), Ursula Medeiros Araujo de Matos (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro), Liana Llado-Medina (University of Puerto Rico at Bayamón), Victor Pereira-Sanchez (0000-0002-2576-1549, New York State Office of Mental Health), Rafael Freire (0000-0002-9955-7567), Rafael C Freire (0000-0003-3875-4601, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro), Antonio Egidio Nardi (0000-0002-2152-4669, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Pages | 910410-910410 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-13 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Frontiers in Psychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1664-0640 • E-ISSN: 1664-0640 |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.910410 |
| PMID | 36177216 |
| OpenAlex | W4295346408 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 46 |
Despite the speedy development of vaccines for COVID-19, their rollout has posed a major public health challenge, as vaccine hesitancy (VH) and refusal are high. Addressing vaccine hesitancy is a multifactorial and context-dependent challenge. This perspective focuses on VH in the world region of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and includes people suffering from severe mental illness, therefore covering populations and subpopulations often neglected in scientific literature. We present an overview of VH in LAC countries, discussing its global and historical context. Vaccine uptake has shown to widely vary across different subregions of LAC. Current data points to a possible correlation between societal polarization and vaccination, especially in countries going through political crises such as Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela. Poor accessibility remains an additional important factor decreasing vaccination rollout in LAC countries and even further, in the whole Global South. Regarding patients with severe mental illness in LAC, and worldwide, it is paramount to include them in priority groups for immunization and monitor their vaccination coverage through public health indicators
Context (archaeology · Development economics · Economic growth · Environmental health · Geography · Global health · Global mental health · Latin Americans · Mental health · Mental illness · Political science · Politics · Psychiatry · Public health · Vaccination · COVID-19 epidemiological studies · Medicine · Nursing · SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy · Virology
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| Citations per year | 0.33 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |