Vaccine as a Sociocultural Artefact
The Example of Locally Produced Polio Vaccine in Serbia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2436716 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vesna Trifunović (0000-0003-1603-7740, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 13-32 |
| Publication date | 2024-03-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative Southeast European Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2701-8199 • E-ISSN: 2701-8202 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/soeu-2023-0018 |
| OpenAlex | W4392799664 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 14 |
The paper argues that vaccines could be viewed as artifacts which communicate various social messages and are used as instruments for fulfilling different sociopolitical goals besides meeting public health needs. It further suggests that such social, cultural and political influences may have real effects on the choices of vaccine technologies or vaccine production, and aims to demonstrate their importance in the area which is normally seen as the domain of objective science. This is demonstrated by using the example of the locally produced oral polio vaccine (OPV) in Serbia during the socialist and post-socialist periods in the country's history
Polio vaccine · Poliomyelitis · Political science · Sociocultural evolution · Medicine · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy · Virology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |