Revisiting the Correlation Between Vaccine Acceptance and Trust in Hospitals: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic
The realities of the COVID-19 pandemic and the decision to control it through a worldwide vaccination programme brought to the forefront the debates about people’s attitudes towards vaccines and vaccination in general, and people’s attitude towards COVID-19 vaccines and vaccination, in particular. T...
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| description | The realities of the COVID-19 pandemic and the decision to control it through a worldwide vaccination programme brought to the forefront the debates about people’s attitudes towards vaccines and vaccination in general, and people’s attitude towards COVID-19 vaccines and vaccination, in particular. This study focuses on trust in hospitals, as a predictor of Romanians’ hesitancy towards vaccination. The study utilizes a longitudinal approach, examining data from two distinct periods: 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic; and 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our findings show that the COVID-19 pandemic has altered public attitudes towards vaccination and may also have compromised the link, considered implicit before the pandemic, between the level of trust in the medical system and favorable attitudes towards vaccination. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4e87ce4249d74b2c8fda3936b5e8c1a82025-07-25T13:36:39ZengMDPI AGSocieties2075-46982025-06-0115718310.3390/soc15070183Revisiting the Correlation Between Vaccine Acceptance and Trust in Hospitals: Lessons from the COVID-19 PandemicValentina Marinescu0Darie Cristea1Bianca Fox2Dragoș-Georgian Ilie3Anda Anca Rodideal4Ramona Marinache5Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, University of Bucharest, 010181 Bucharest, RomaniaFaculty of Sociology and Social Work, University of Bucharest, 010181 Bucharest, RomaniaCentre for Academic Development and Quality, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham NG1 4FQ, UKFaculty of Sociology and Social Work, University of Bucharest, 010181 Bucharest, RomaniaCMBRAE (Bucharest Municipal Center for Educational Resources and Support), 023384 Bucharest, RomaniaDepartment of Cultural Studies, University of Bucharest, 010017 Bucharest, RomaniaThe realities of the COVID-19 pandemic and the decision to control it through a worldwide vaccination programme brought to the forefront the debates about people’s attitudes towards vaccines and vaccination in general, and people’s attitude towards COVID-19 vaccines and vaccination, in particular. This study focuses on trust in hospitals, as a predictor of Romanians’ hesitancy towards vaccination. The study utilizes a longitudinal approach, examining data from two distinct periods: 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic; and 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our findings show that the COVID-19 pandemic has altered public attitudes towards vaccination and may also have compromised the link, considered implicit before the pandemic, between the level of trust in the medical system and favorable attitudes towards vaccination.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/15/7/183COVID-19pandemictrustmedical systemhospitalssociological survey |
| spellingShingle | Valentina Marinescu Darie Cristea Bianca Fox Dragoș-Georgian Ilie Anda Anca Rodideal Ramona Marinache Revisiting the Correlation Between Vaccine Acceptance and Trust in Hospitals: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic Societies COVID-19 pandemic trust medical system hospitals sociological survey |
| title | Revisiting the Correlation Between Vaccine Acceptance and Trust in Hospitals: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_full | Revisiting the Correlation Between Vaccine Acceptance and Trust in Hospitals: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Revisiting the Correlation Between Vaccine Acceptance and Trust in Hospitals: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Revisiting the Correlation Between Vaccine Acceptance and Trust in Hospitals: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_short | Revisiting the Correlation Between Vaccine Acceptance and Trust in Hospitals: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_sort | revisiting the correlation between vaccine acceptance and trust in hospitals lessons from the covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | COVID-19 pandemic trust medical system hospitals sociological survey |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/15/7/183 |
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