Covid-19 vaccination challenges

From fake news to vaccine hesitancy

Bibliographic Data

ID16828640
AuthorsGabriela Martins Silva (0000-0001-8895-4471, Universidade Potiguar), Antonia Aline Rocha de Sousa (0000-0001-9106-0188, Christus Faculdade do Piauí, Brasil), Sabrina Maria Carreiro Almeida (0000-0002-4571-4467, Centro Universitário UNINTA, Brasil), Itamara Carvalho de Sá (0000-0002-0765-0888, Centro Universitário UNINTA, Brasil), Fátima Rosane Barros (0000-0003-1383-076X, Universidade Federal do Piauí), José Edson Santana Sousa Filho (0000-0002-9457-5600, Universidade Católica de Quixadá, Brasil), José Mateus Bezerra Da Graça (0000-0002-0401-2987, Centro Universitário de Patos, Brasil), Nathanael de Souza Maciel (0000-0002-5088-011X, Universidade Estadual do Ceará), Alex Silva de Araujo (0000-0002-6033-370X, Universidade Estadual do Maranhão), Cidianna Emanuelly Melo do Nascimento (0000-0001-5477-4413, Universidade Estadual do Ceará)
Year2023
Volume28
Issue3
Pages739-748
Publication date2023-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCiência & Saúde Coletiva (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1413-8123 • E-ISSN: 1678-4561
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1413-81232023283.09862022en
OpenAlexW4323311336
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited16

This article aims to synthesize articles addressing fake news and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the context of public health. We conducted an integrative review of articles published in any language between 2019 and 2022 in journals indexed in the following databases: Latin American and the Caribbean Literature on Health Sciences, Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online, Scopus, Web of Science, and Embase. A critical analysis was performed, guided by the research question and objective of the review. Eleven articles were selected, the overwhelming majority of which were cross-sectional studies. The main factors related to vaccine take-up highlighted by the studies were gender, age, education level, political leanings, religion, trust in health authorities, and perceptions of side-effects and vaccine efficacy. The main obstacles to attaining optimal vaccination coverage were vaccine hesitancy and disinformation. All studies addressed the relationship between low vaccination intention and the use of social media as a source of information about SARS-CoV-2. It is necessary to build public trust in vaccine safety and efficacy. Promoting a better understanding of the benefits of COVID-19 vaccination is essential to combat vaccine hesitancy and improve vaccine take-up

Disinformation · Family medicine · MEDLINE · Misinformation · Pandemic · Political science · Public health · Public relations · Scopus · Social media · Vaccination · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · History · Medicine · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Nursing · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy · Virology

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