Factors Associated with Vaccine Hesitancy

Dear Colleague, 

Vaccine hesitancy and anti-vaccine attitudes have been identified by the United Nations as one of the top threats to global health. This topic has taken on urgent significance with the widespread sup-optimal trust in the COVID-19 vaccines, limiting them as a major strategy in ending the current pandemic. Vaccine hesitancy continues to grow, and strategies to counteract anti-vaccine ideas are largely ineffective. Understanding the phenomenon and factors contributing to vaccine hesitancy would give governments and health care providers an understanding of how to better tailor pro-vaccine messages. This Special Issue will encompass all levels of vaccine hesitancy, from a general fear of all vaccines to understanding specific issues related, perhaps, to an ingredient in a single vaccine, or what contributes to vaccine hesitancy in specific populations. It is hoped that by understanding the factors contributing to vaccine hesitancy, headway can be made in overcoming it and promoting fact-based, effective public health strategies to encourage the maximum levels of vaccination.

Dr. Brian D. Poole
Guest Editor

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