Investigating the reasons why people do not welcome the corona vaccine and the role of trust in the vaccine

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Hassan Rezaei 1
Meysam Shahi 2
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, Sistan and Baluchestan University, Zahedan, Iran.
2 M.Sc., Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, Sistan and Baluchestan University, Zahedan, Iran.
10.22034/jmek.2021.143778
Abstract
Vaccines are one of the most successful and cost-effective public health tools that have greatly helped to eliminate or control several serious diseases in the last century. For this reason, in order to control the epidemic of Covid-19 disease, in addition to effective public health measures, vaccination is necessary to reduce the disease and prevent mortality. However, despite the safety and effectiveness of immunization measures, hesitation in vaccination has become a global issue and challenge, and by the World Health Organization (WHO) as one of the top 10 threats to global health in 2019 Has been introduced. Vaccination skepticism is influenced by many factors, however, one of the key features of vaccine skepticism is trust in the vaccine. Public confidence in receiving the vaccine is essential to the success of communities in controlling Covid-19. In our society, those who have more trust in the vaccine, the vaccine manufacturers, the government and the health authorities of their country, have received their vaccine, which shows the importance of trust in vaccination. Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to the options of building trust and also to reduce the tools of distrust in the society for the success of vaccination.

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  • Receive Date 25 September 2021
  • Revise Date 11 November 2021
  • Accept Date 29 November 2021