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The association between social media use and hesitancy toward COVID-19 vaccine booster shots in China: A web-based cross-sectional survey.
Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2022 11 30; 18(5):2065167.HV

Abstract

COVID-19 vaccine booster shots are necessary to provide durable immunity and stronger protection against the emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants. As a major platform for access to information, social media plays an important role in disseminating health information. This study aimed to evaluate hesitancy toward COVID-19 vaccine booster shots in China, assess its association with social media use, and provide information to manage social media. We conducted a cross-sectional study across all 31 provinces in mainland China from November 12, 2021, to November 17, 2021. In total, 3,119 of 3,242 participants completed the questionnaire (response rate = 96.2%). COVID-19 vaccine booster shot hesitancy rate in China was 6.5% (95% CI: 5.6-7.3). Unemployment (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 2.428, 95% CI: 1.590-3.670), low monthly income (aOR 2.854,95% CI: 1.561-5.281), low scores of knowledge (aOR 0.917, 95% CI: 0.869-0.968) and low level of cues to action (aOR 0.773, 95% CI: 0.689-0.869) were associated with vaccine hesitancy. Compared with public social media, lower vaccine hesitancy was associated with high perceived importance of social media (aOR 0.252, 95% CI: 0.146-0.445) and official social media use (aOR 0.671, 95% CI: 0.467-0.954), while higher vaccine hesitancy was associated with traditional media use (aOR 3.718, 95% CI: 1.282-10.273). More efforts are needed to regulate the content of social media and filtering out misinformation. The role of official social media in disseminating health information should be enhanced.

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Wang R
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Qin C
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Du M
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Liu Q
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Tao L
Research Center of Clinical Epidemiology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China.
Liu J
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China. National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Reproductive Health, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China. Institute for Global Health and Development, Peking University, Beijing, China.

MeSH

COVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesCross-Sectional StudiesHumansImmunization, SecondarySARS-CoV-2Social Media

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

35671384

Citation

Wang, Ruitong, et al. "The Association Between Social Media Use and Hesitancy Toward COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Shots in China: a Web-based Cross-sectional Survey." Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, vol. 18, no. 5, 2022, p. 2065167.
Wang R, Qin C, Du M, et al. The association between social media use and hesitancy toward COVID-19 vaccine booster shots in China: A web-based cross-sectional survey. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2022;18(5):2065167.
Wang, R., Qin, C., Du, M., Liu, Q., Tao, L., & Liu, J. (2022). The association between social media use and hesitancy toward COVID-19 vaccine booster shots in China: A web-based cross-sectional survey. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 18(5), 2065167. https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2022.2065167
Wang R, et al. The Association Between Social Media Use and Hesitancy Toward COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Shots in China: a Web-based Cross-sectional Survey. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2022 11 30;18(5):2065167. PubMed PMID: 35671384.
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