Trust matters: The Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy in Europe Study

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 Mendonca; Rita Morais; Dino Numerato; Paulina Polak; Tadeusz Rudek; Sara Sbaragli; Alice Scavarda; Katielle Silva; Pedro Alcantara Da Silva; Jonas Sivelä; Eva Soares Moura; Maria Swiątkiewicz-Mośny; Giuseppe Tipaldo; Aleksandra Wagner

doi:10.1177/14034948231223791

Trust matters: The Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy in Europe Study

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 Mendonca, Rita Morais, Dino Numerato, Paulina Polak, Tadeusz Rudek, Sara Sbaragli, Alice Scavarda, Katielle Silva, Pedro Alcantara Da Silva, Jonas Sivelä, Eva Soares Moura, Maria Swiątkiewicz-Mośny, Giuseppe Tipaldo, Aleksandra Wagner

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

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. We present the selection of countries and regions, the conceptual basis of the study, details of the data collection and the process of designing and evaluating the interventions, as well as the potential impact of the study. Laying out our research design serves as an example of how to translate complex public health issues into social scientific study and methods.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	379-390
Number of pages	12
Journal	SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Volume	52
Issue number	3
Early online date	2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948231223791
Publication status	Published - May 2024
Publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Funding

VAX-TRUST has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No 965280. We thank the funder for this great collaboration opportunity.

Funders	Funder number
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme	965280

Keywords

cross-country study
health sociology
public health
study design
Vaccine hesitancy

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Publication forum level 1

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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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Vuolanto, P., Almeida, A. N., Anderson, A., Auvinen, P., Beja, A., Bracke, P., Cardano, M., Ceuterick, M., Correia, T., De Vito, E., Delaruelle, K., Delicado, A., Esposito, M., Ferrara, M., Gariglio, L., Guerreiro, C., Marhánková, J. H., Hilário, A. P., Hobson-West, P., ... Wagner, A. (2024). Trust matters: The Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy in Europe Study. SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 52(3), 379-390. https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948231223791

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