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ReviewOman medical journal2024

COVID-19 Pandemic and its Impact on Vaccine Hesitancy: A Review.

Suci A Widyaningsih, Mohamad S Hakim

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Review in Oman medical journal, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Suci A WidyaningsihMaster Program of Medical Sciences in Clinical Investigation, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts, USA.
Mohamad S HakimPostgraduate School of Molecular Medicine, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vaccination is one of the most successful public health initiatives in human history, significantly reducing the incidence and severity of infectious diseases. The success of any vaccination program depends on several factors, including effective leadership, funding, distribution management, and addressing vaccine hesitancy. Vaccine hesitancy, the delay or refusal to be vaccinated despite the availability of immunization services, has always been prevalent in societies but has become more pronounced during the COVID-19 pandemic. During the pandemic, anti-vaccine activists persistently promoted and increased vaccine hesitancy by using social media to spread rumors, propaganda, and conspiracy theories. The rising vaccine hesitancy among the public became a major challenge to the success of the COVID-19 immunization program. There are also indications that this hesitancy may have generalized against more traditional vaccines. This literature review explores the structure and evolving dynamics of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and the resultant generalized skepticism towards other vaccinations. It also suggests future strategies to address and mitigate the phenomenon of vaccine hesitancy.

Indexed as

Anti-VaccineCOVID-19 VaccinePandemicVaccinationVaccine Hesitancy

Identifiers

PMID39717459
PMCPMC11664204

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