COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: Correlates and Interventions

Dear Colleagues,

Vaccine-preventable diseases have not gone away and vaccines are the integral parts of the public health. Vaccines are one of the greatest public health achievements of the 20^th century. Using the COVID-19 pandemic as a teachable moment, it is important to design targeted interventions to promote vaccine literacy and uptake. Despite the proven benefits of vaccines, the rates of vaccine acceptability are suboptimal. Efforts to cultivate vaccine literacy among public to critically evaluate health information would be central to fight against the infectious diseases. Therefore, this “Special Issue: COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: Correlates and Interventions” of Vaccines journal aims to cover the entire spectrum of the vaccinology, including development, implementation, measures to increase acceptability, uptake of vaccines, promotion campaigns for vaccines, and vaccine behaviour studies and interventions. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

• Studies grounded in robust theoretical framework to promote vaccines’ acceptability;
• Studies related to proactive and coordinated communication efforts emphasizing the need of vaccinations;
• Research in the areas of health and vaccine literacy with an aim to increase vaccine confidence;
• Studies investigating cognitive, emotional, social, cultural, and contextual factors will also be included.

Prof. Dr. Manoj Sharma
Dr. Kavita Batra 
Guest Editors

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