Altruistic Vaccination: Insights from Two Focus Group Studies.

IF 1.8 3区哲学 Q2 ETHICS

Health Care Analysis Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI:10.1007/s10728-022-00453-5

Steven R Kraaijeveld, Bob C Mulder

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Abstract

Vaccination can protect vaccinated individuals and often also prevent them from spreading disease to other people. This opens up the possibility of getting vaccinated for the sake of others. In fact, altruistic vaccination has recently been conceptualized as a kind of vaccination that is undertaken primary for the benefit of others. In order to better understand the potential role of altruistic motives in people's vaccination decisions, we conducted two focus group studies with a total of 37 participants. Study 1 included three focus groups on the subject of HPV vaccination for boys. Study 2 included three focus groups on the subject of pertussis and measles vaccination for childcare workers. We found substantial evidence of other-regarding motives across all focus groups, which suggests that altruistic motives could be an important factor when it comes to people's vaccination decisions. We address the significance of these findings for vaccination policy surrounding HPV vaccination for boys and vaccination for childcare workers. We also extend the findings to normative work on vaccination for the sake of others more generally.

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利他主义疫苗接种：两项焦点小组研究的启示。

接种疫苗可以保护接种者，往往还能防止他们将疾病传播给其他人。这就提供了为他人接种疫苗的可能性。事实上，利他主义疫苗接种最近被概念化为一种主要为了他人利益而进行的疫苗接种。为了更好地了解利他动机在人们接种决定中的潜在作用，我们进行了两项焦点小组研究，共有 37 人参加。研究 1 包括三个焦点小组，主题是男孩接种 HPV 疫苗。研究 2 包括三个焦点小组，主题是为儿童保育员接种百日咳和麻疹疫苗。我们在所有焦点小组中都发现了大量他顾动机的证据，这表明利他动机可能是人们做出疫苗接种决定的一个重要因素。我们探讨了这些发现对围绕男孩接种 HPV 疫苗和儿童保育员接种疫苗的疫苗接种政策的意义。我们还将这些发现延伸到了更广泛的为他人接种疫苗的规范性工作中。

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期刊介绍： Health Care Analysis is a journal that promotes dialogue and debate about conceptual and normative issues related to health and health care, including health systems, healthcare provision, health law, public policy and health, professional health practice, health services organization and decision-making, and health-related education at all levels of clinical medicine, public health and global health. Health Care Analysis seeks to support the conversation between philosophy and policy, in particular illustrating the importance of conceptual and normative analysis to health policy, practice and research. As such, papers accepted for publication are likely to analyse philosophical questions related to health, health care or health policy that focus on one or more of the following: aims or ends, theories, frameworks, concepts, principles, values or ideology. All styles of theoretical analysis are welcome providing that they illuminate conceptual or normative issues and encourage debate between those interested in health, philosophy and policy. Papers must be rigorous, but should strive for accessibility – with care being taken to ensure that their arguments and implications are plain to a broad academic and international audience. In addition to purely theoretical papers, papers grounded in empirical research or case-studies are very welcome so long as they explore the conceptual or normative implications of such work. Authors are encouraged, where possible, to have regard to the social contexts of the issues they are discussing, and all authors should ensure that they indicate the ‘real world’ implications of their work. Health Care Analysis publishes contributions from philosophers, lawyers, social scientists, healthcare educators, healthcare professionals and administrators, and other health-related academics and policy analysts.