The impact of conspiracy theories and vaccine knowledge on vaccination intention: a longitudinal study.

IF 1.1 4区医学 Q4 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Ciencia & saude coletiva Pub Date : 2024-09-01 Epub Date: 2023-09-20 DOI:10.1590/1413-81232024299.00352023

Lucas Henriques Viscardi, Felipe Vilanova, Felipe Carvalho Novaes, Lessandra Michelin, Ângelo Brandelli Costa

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Abstract

In this study, we analyzed associations between vaccination knowledge, vaccination intention, political ideology, and belief in conspiracy theories before and during the 2020 Sars-Cov-2 pandemic in the Brazilian population. It was conducted a longitudinal study into three data collections. Participants responded to the Flexible Inventory of Conspiracy Suspicions (FICS), questionnaires measuring their knowledge, and opinion about vaccines, and sociodemographic data. The results were: the greater the belief in conspiracy theories about vaccines, the lesser the intention to get vaccinated, the vaccine knowledge, and the attitudes towards vaccine investment. Religious, prone to right-wing politics, parents, and older people scored more for FICS than atheists/agnostics, and younger people. From 2019 to 2020 the vaccination intention and vaccination investment did not differ, showing that people did not change their opinion about vaccines regardless of personal experience or the pandemic scenario. The research strengthened the relevance of health education as a milestone for public health and protection from dangerous conspiracy theories.

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阴谋论和疫苗知识对疫苗接种意向的影响：一项纵向研究。

在这项研究中，我们分析了巴西人口在 2020 年 Sars-Cov-2 大流行之前和期间的疫苗接种知识、疫苗接种意向、政治意识形态和阴谋论信仰之间的关联。这项纵向研究共收集了三次数据。参与者回答了 "阴谋论怀疑灵活清单"（FICS）、调查疫苗知识和看法的问卷以及社会人口学数据。结果显示：对疫苗阴谋论的相信程度越高，接种疫苗的意愿、疫苗知识和对疫苗投资的态度就越低。与无神论者/不可知论者和年轻人相比，宗教人士、右翼政治倾向者、父母和老年人的 FICS 得分更高。从 2019 年到 2020 年，疫苗接种意向和疫苗接种投资并无差异，这表明无论个人经历或大流行情况如何，人们都不会改变对疫苗的看法。这项研究加强了健康教育的相关性，使其成为公众健康和防止危险阴谋论的里程碑。

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533

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12 weeks

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