ArticleSocial science & medicine (1982)2023
Political network composition predicts vaccination attitudes.
Article in Social science & medicine (1982), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- Drivers of health polarization during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review.Science advances · 2025Pooled it
- Vaccine communication: a critical review of foundations, challenges, and future directions.NPJ vaccines · 2026Review
- Participation Beyond Compliance: Who Tried to Influence Other People's Vaccination Behaviour During the COVID-19 Crisis?Sociology of health & illness · 2026Article
- Partisan differences in healthcare decision-making: Evidence from a vaccine experiment.PloS one · 2026Article
- Provider perspectives on HPV vaccine hesitancy in the post-COVID-19 era.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2025Article
- Trust in Information Sources and COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake.Public health challenges · 2025Article
- From Trust to Choice: A Cross-Sectional Survey of How Patient Trust in Pharmacists Shapes Willingness and Vaccination Decision Control Preferences.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- An Exploratory Investigation of Representations of Herpes Zoster and Adjuvanted Recombinant Herpes Zoster Vaccination in a Sample of Fragile Adults in Italy.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Pediatric Vaccine Hesitancy in the United States-The Growing Problem and Strategies for Management Including Motivational Interviewing.Vaccines · 2025Review
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- Anti-Herpes Zoster Vaccination of Fragile Patients in Hospital Setting: A Nudge Intervention in Italy.Vaccines · 2024Article
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Abstract
Political polarization is growing rapidly in the United States and has been linked to politicized public health issues including vaccination. Political homogeneity among one's interpersonal relationships may predict polarization levels and partisan bias. In this study, we analyzed if political network structure predicted partisan beliefs about the COVID-19 vaccine, beliefs about vaccines in general, and COVID-19 vaccine uptake. Personal networks were measured by whom the respondent discussed "important matters" with to obtain a list of individuals who are close to the respondent. The number of associates listed who share the political identity or vaccine status with the respondent was calculated as a measure of homogeneity. We find that having more Republicans and unvaccinated individuals in one's network predicted lower vaccine confidence whereas having more Democrats and vaccinated individuals in one's network predicted higher vaccine confidence. Exploratory network analyses revealed that non-kin others are especially impactful on vaccine attitudes when those network connections are also Republican and unvaccinated.
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