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Special Issue "Vaccine Acceptance and Effectiveness after Pandemic Era for Infectious Diseases Eradication"

A special issue of Vaccines (ISSN 2076-393X). This special issue belongs to the section "Epidemiology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 October 2023 | Viewed by 2308

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Alessandra Casuccio

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Department of Health Promotion Sciences Maternal and Infant Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties “G. D’Alessandro”—Hygiene Section, University of Palermo, 90133 Palermo, Italy
Interests: health promotion; vaccination; breastfeeding; screening; health impact assessment
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Prof. Dr. Vincenzo Restivo

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Department of Health Promotion, Maternal and Infant Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (PROMISE) "G. D'Alessandro", University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 133, 90127 Palermo, Italy
Interests: vaccine effectiveness; vaccine efficacy; vaccine acceptance; knowledge; attitude and practice on vaccination; socio-cognitive models and vaccine acceptance; health belief model and vaccination; health action process approach and vaccine; protection motivation theory model and vaccination; influenza vaccine acceptance; HPV vaccine acceptance; rotavirus vaccine acceptance; DTP vaccine acceptance; anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccine acceptance; vaccination acceptance in healthcare workers; vaccination acceptance in at risk people; vaccination acceptance in adolescent; vaccination acceptance in parents; active call interventions for vaccines; vaccination and serology response; vaccination and cellular-immunity mediated response; anti-SARS-CoV-2 and B memory response; anti-SARS-CoV-2 and T memory response
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Vaccinations have gained relevance among the general population due to the spread of the SARS-CoV2 pandemic. Indeed, the availability of anti-SARS CoV2 vaccines have enabled the reduction of severe outcomes, though a massive resource implementation is required to achieve this. On the other hand, vaccination for vaccine preventable diseases other than SARS CoV2 have seen reduced use from healthcare services, providing an opportunity for an outbreak with potential pandemic power. In this scenario, people gained more knowledge of vaccine preventable disease based on two opposite approaches: acceptance of other vaccines or a refusal of other vaccines due to an increase in vaccine hesitancy. 

This Special Issue aims to collect manuscript that approach vaccine acceptance, including the management of adverse reaction, co-administration, communication, healthcare-related sources of information, and serological and cell-mediated immunity for different target populations. Contributors worldwide are encouraged to share their knowledge of vaccine acceptance from different healthcare perspectives, such as vaccine policy, management, administration, cost-effectiveness analysis and real-world data.

Prof. Dr. Alessandra Casuccio
Dr. Vincenzo Restivo
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Vaccines is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • vaccination acceptance
  • vaccine hesitancy
  • co-administration
  • adverse reaction
  • communication
  • vaccine effectiveness
  • vaccine counselling
  • social–cognitive models
  • immunological response
  • cost-effectiveness analysis

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Measles Immunization Status of Health Care Workers: A Cross-Sectional Study Exploring Factors Associated with Lack of Immunization According to the Health Belief Model
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Vincenzo Restivo
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Alessandra Fallucca
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Federica Trapani
,
Palmira Immordino
,
Giuseppe Calamusa
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Alessandra Casuccio
Vaccines 2023, 11(3), 618; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11030618 - 09 Mar 2023
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Suboptimal levels of measles vaccination coverage make Italy a country where the circulation of the virus is still endemic. In the past decade, several nosocomial outbreaks of measles occurred in Italy that rapidly spread the infection among large numbers of hospitalized patients and [...] Read more.
Suboptimal levels of measles vaccination coverage make Italy a country where the circulation of the virus is still endemic. In the past decade, several nosocomial outbreaks of measles occurred in Italy that rapidly spread the infection among large numbers of hospitalized patients and susceptible healthcare workers (HCWs). A cross-sectional study was conducted at the University Hospital of Palermo (Italy) to estimate the rate of HCWs immunization and to investigate the factors associated with lack of immunization. The attitude to the immunization practice was evaluated by exploring the Health Belief Model. Overall, 118 HCWs were enrolled, with a mean age of 31 years and 59.3% male. About half of the sample (45.8%, n = 54) was found not to be immunized against measles. Multivariable analysis showed that the factors directly associated with the non-immunization status against measles were female sex (OR = 3.70, p = 0.056), being an HCW different from a physician (OR = 10.27, p = 0.015), having a high perception of barriers to vaccination (OR = 5.13, p = 0.047), not being immunized for other exanthematous diseases such as chickenpox (OR = 9.93, p = 0.003), mumps (OR = 33.64, p < 0.001) and rubella (OR = 10.12, p= 0.002). There is a need to contrast the low adherence of HCWs to measles vaccination by identifying effective strategies to increase immunization coverage and limiting the risk of further nosocomial measles outbreaks. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Vaccine Acceptance and Effectiveness after Pandemic Era for Infectious Diseases Eradication)
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Factors Associated with Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Acceptance among Pregnant Women: Data from Outpatient Women Experiencing High-Risk Pregnancy
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Marianna Maranto
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Giuseppe Gullo
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Alessandra Bruno
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Giuseppa Minutolo
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Gaspare Cucinella
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Antonio Maiorana
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Alessandra Casuccio
and
Vincenzo Restivo
Vaccines 2023, 11(2), 454; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11020454 - 16 Feb 2023
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Pregnant women are at higher risk of severe Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) complications than non-pregnant women. The initial exclusion of pregnant women from anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccines clinical trials has caused a lack of conclusive data about safety and efficacy for this vulnerable population. This [...] Read more.
Pregnant women are at higher risk of severe Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) complications than non-pregnant women. The initial exclusion of pregnant women from anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccines clinical trials has caused a lack of conclusive data about safety and efficacy for this vulnerable population. This cross-sectional study aims to define the factors related to vaccination adherence in a sample of women experiencing high-risk pregnancies. The recruited women completed a questionnaire based on the Health Belief Model. Data were analyzed to evaluate the associations between socio-demographic variables and vaccination acceptance through descriptive, univariate and multivariate logistic analyses. Among the 233 women enrolled, 65.2% (n = 152) declared that they would accept the anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. Multivariate analysis showed that vaccination acceptance was associated with a high educational level (aOR = 4.52, p = 0.001), a low perception of barriers to vaccination (aOR = 1.58, p = 0.005) and the gynecologist’s advice (aOR = 3.18, p = 0.01). About a third of pregnant women are still hesitant about the anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, probably because of the conflicting information received from media, friends, acquaintances and health institutions. Determining factors linked to vaccine hesitancy among pregnant women is useful for creating vaccination strategies that increase vaccination uptake. Full article
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