‘I Think I Made The Right Decision ... I Hope I'm Not Wrong’ . Vaccine hesitancy, commitment and trust among parents of young children

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ID17545970
AutoresPatrick Peretti‐watel (Aix Marseille University IRD, AP‐HM, SSA, VITROME Marseille France, autor de correspondencia), Jeremy K Ward (0000-0003-3389-6870, Aix Marseille University IRD, AP‐HM, SSA, VITROME Marseille France), Chantal Vergelys (ORS PACA Southeastern Health Regional Observatory Marseille France), Aurélie Bocquier (0000-0002-0192-8447, Aix Marseille University IRD, AP‐HM, SSA, VITROME Marseille France), Jocelyn Raude (0000-0001-8020-4975, EHESP‐Rennes Sorbonne‐Paris‐Cité Rennes France), Pierre Verger (0000-0002-0339-0679, Aix Marseille University IRD, AP‐HM, SSA, VITROME Marseille France)
Año2019
Volumen41
Número6
Páginas1192-1206
Fecha de publicación2019-04-11
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSociology of Health & Illness (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0141-9889 • E-ISSN: 1467-9566
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1467-9566.12902
PMID30972804
OpenAlexW2937155915
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas54
Referencias citadas34

During the last decade, public health research has emphasised the growing public disaffection with vaccination. This contemporary vaccine hesitation ( VH ) refers to a delay in acceptance or refusal of vaccines, as well as agreement despite doubt and reluctance. We investigated VH among French parents of young children, with an emphasis on two key features of VH : trust towards physicians and commitment to vaccination issues. We targeted two populations with contrasting socioeconomic profiles, using in‐depth interviews (n = 25). Most parents exhibited some kind of VH , with differentiated attitudes across vaccines, including acceptance despite enduring doubts, especially for vaccines already provided to older siblings (‘vaccine inertia’). Despite the rise of the Internet and social media, our participants still strongly relied on face‐to‐face interactions with peers and significant others. Most participants trusted their own physician but this was the result of a selection process: they had engaged resources to find a physician they could trust. Participants with contrasted socioeconomic profiles struggled with the same dilemmas, and they committed themselves to the same quest to find the ‘right’ physician. Nevertheless, parents with a higher socioeconomic status were able to engage more resources and use a wider repertoire of actions, and they also displayed greater health literacy

Environmental health · Face (sociological concept) · Health care · Health literacy · Political science · Population · Repertoire · Social science · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Law · Medicine · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social Psychology · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy