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Social Cognition of Influenza and COVID-19 Vaccination
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Social Cognition of Influenza and COVID-19 Vaccination

A special issue of Vaccines (ISSN 2076-393X). This special issue belongs to the section "Human Vaccines and Public Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 2551

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Neli Ragina

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Guest Editor
Department of General Surgery, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI 48602, USA
Interests: health sciences; systematic reviews; infodemics
Dr. Raffaele Squeri

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Department of Biomedical, Dental and Morphological and Functional Imaging Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
Interests: health status; mood disorders

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We have all seen how contagious COVID-19 is; we still cannot relax our requirements for vaccination against COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. In the post-COVID-19 era, vaccine knowledge, attitude, and cognition of same-grade infectious diseases still need to be explored. Vaccination, including influenza, is also a top priority. 

We are pleased to invite you to submit your original manuscripts, reviews, position papers, and case studies that discuss implementation, surveillance, research, programs, improving the equity of flu and infectious disease vaccinations, policies related to vaccination, and social as well as behavioral science strategies supporting vaccine acceptance. We especially welcome submissions exploring vaccination amongst diverse and marginalized communities that have been acutely affected by the pandemic. Submissions dealing with lessons learned from the past and current health crises relating to pandemic preparedness for the future will also be considered.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Neli Ragina
Dr. Raffaele Squeri
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

  • knowledge
  • attitude
  • perception
  • influenza
  • COVID
  • vaccination

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Intention, Motivation, and Empowerment: Factors Associated with Seasonal Influenza Vaccination among Healthcare Workers (HCWs)
by Thalia Bellali, Polyxeni Liamopoulou, Savvato Karavasileiadou, Noura Almadani, Petros Galanis, George Kritsotakis and Georgios Manomenidis
Vaccines 2023, 11(9), 1508; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11091508 - 21 Sep 2023
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Background: Vaccination against seasonal influenza has proven effective in preventing nosocomial influenza outbreaks among hospital patients and healthcare workers (HCWs). This study aims to explore the intention, motivation, and empowerment toward vaccination and vaccination advocacy as contributing factors for seasonal influenza vaccination in [...] Read more.
Background: Vaccination against seasonal influenza has proven effective in preventing nosocomial influenza outbreaks among hospital patients and healthcare workers (HCWs). This study aims to explore the intention, motivation, and empowerment toward vaccination and vaccination advocacy as contributing factors for seasonal influenza vaccination in HCWs. Methods: A cross-sectional study in eight secondary hospitals in Greece was conducted from March to May 2022. An anonymous questionnaire was enclosed in an envelope and distributed to all participants, including questions on vaccine behavior and the MoVac-flu and MoVad scales. Results: A total of 296 participants completed the questionnaire. In multivariate logistic regression models adjusted for potential confounders, increased age, intention score, MoVac-flu scale score, and the presence of chronic diseases were significant predictors of influenza vaccination this year, while increased age, intention score, and presence of chronic diseases were predictors of vaccination every year. Conclusion: Vaccination uptake is simultaneously affected by logical cognitive processes (intention), together with factors related to motivation and empowerment in distinct self-regulatory domains such as value, impact, knowledge, and autonomy. Interventions focused on these identified predictors may be used as a guide to increase HCWs’ vaccination rates. Full article
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COVID-19 Virus and Vaccination Attitudes among Healthcare Workers in Michigan: A Cross-Sectional Study
by Maya Asami Takagi, Samantha Hess, Karissa Gawronski, Nicholas Haddad, Bernard Noveloso, Stephen Zyzanski and Neli Ragina
Vaccines 2023, 11(6), 1105; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11061105 - 16 Jun 2023
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Background: Defining the characteristics of healthcare worker (HCW) attitudes toward the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine can provide insights into vaccine hesitancy. This study’s goal is to determine HCWs’ attitudes regarding the COVID-19 vaccination and reasons for vaccine hesitancy. Methods: This cross-sectional study [...] Read more.
Background: Defining the characteristics of healthcare worker (HCW) attitudes toward the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine can provide insights into vaccine hesitancy. This study’s goal is to determine HCWs’ attitudes regarding the COVID-19 vaccination and reasons for vaccine hesitancy. Methods: This cross-sectional study surveyed HCWs working in institutions in Saginaw, Sanilac, and Wayne counties in Michigan (N = 120) using tipping-scale questions. Analysis of variance and t-test were used to measure HCWs’ attitudes toward the COVID-19 virus and vaccines. Results: Most HCWs received (95.9%) and recommended (98.3%) a COVID-19 vaccine. The top three factors that HCWs cited for recommending a COVID-19 vaccine were: (1) efficacy of the vaccine, (2) current exposure to patients with active COVID-19 infection and risk of virus spread, and (3) safety of vaccine and long-term follow-up. Female HCWs or HCWs aged 25–54 years were more concerned about contracting COVID-19. Physicians or HCWs aged 55–64 were less concerned regarding the effectiveness and side effects of the vaccine. Conclusions: Gender, age, ethnicity, provider type, and medical specialty showed statistically significant differences among COVID-19 attitudes. Focusing educational efforts on HCW demographics who are more likely to have negative attitudes can potentially decrease vaccine hesitancy. Full article
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