Covid-19 vaccines: A model of acceptance behavior in the healthcare sector

The emergence of Covid-19 has affected all aspects of human life across the globe. Lockdowns everywhere are having dramatic social and economic consequences. No therapy has yet been approved, and vaccines are a priority potential tool to control the pandemic and its impacts. Multiple vaccines are in...

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Autores principales:	Jorge Pelegrín-Borondo, Mario Arias-Oliva, Ala Ali Almahameed, Miguel Prado Román
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Lenguaje:	ES
Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	Covid-19 Vaccine acceptance Influence of fear Vaccine efficacy JEL codes: I15 Business HF5001-6182
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:17d8a1c44eee4df489cdc2752ff9c1c92021-11-14T04:34:40ZCovid-19 vaccines: A model of acceptance behavior in the healthcare sector2444-883410.1016/j.iedeen.2021.100171https://doaj.org/article/17d8a1c44eee4df489cdc2752ff9c1c92021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2444883421000309https://doaj.org/toc/2444-8834The emergence of Covid-19 has affected all aspects of human life across the globe. Lockdowns everywhere are having dramatic social and economic consequences. No therapy has yet been approved, and vaccines are a priority potential tool to control the pandemic and its impacts. Multiple vaccines are in the last stage of the development process, but part of the population is not willing to get vaccinated for Covid-19. Several studies have examined the percentage of the population willing to get vaccinated, but few have analyzed the reasons for their decision. In this context, researching the factors influencing individuals’ intention to use a potential Covid-19 vaccine will be important to public health strategies. This paper analyzes these factors with an adapted Cognitive-Affective-Normative (CAN) model. Perceived vaccine efficacy is used as a cognitive variable, fear of the vaccine and fear of Covid-19 are used as affective variables, and social influence is used as the normative variable. The proposed model strongly explains the intention to use the Covid-19 vaccine (R2 = 0.81). The results show that vaccine efficacy will be the most important determinant of Covid-19 vaccine acceptance, followed by social influence. The findings can be very helpful for public health policies aimed at achieving widespread vaccination, a must for vaccine success.Jorge Pelegrín-BorondoMario Arias-OlivaAla Ali AlmahameedMiguel Prado RománElsevierarticleCovid-19Vaccine acceptanceInfluence of fearVaccine efficacyJEL codes:I15BusinessHF5001-6182ESEuropean Research on Management and Business Economics, Vol 27, Iss 3, Pp 100171- (2021)
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topic	Covid-19 Vaccine acceptance Influence of fear Vaccine efficacy JEL codes: I15 Business HF5001-6182
spellingShingle	Covid-19 Vaccine acceptance Influence of fear Vaccine efficacy JEL codes: I15 Business HF5001-6182 Jorge Pelegrín-Borondo Mario Arias-Oliva Ala Ali Almahameed Miguel Prado Román Covid-19 vaccines: A model of acceptance behavior in the healthcare sector
description	The emergence of Covid-19 has affected all aspects of human life across the globe. Lockdowns everywhere are having dramatic social and economic consequences. No therapy has yet been approved, and vaccines are a priority potential tool to control the pandemic and its impacts. Multiple vaccines are in the last stage of the development process, but part of the population is not willing to get vaccinated for Covid-19. Several studies have examined the percentage of the population willing to get vaccinated, but few have analyzed the reasons for their decision. In this context, researching the factors influencing individuals’ intention to use a potential Covid-19 vaccine will be important to public health strategies. This paper analyzes these factors with an adapted Cognitive-Affective-Normative (CAN) model. Perceived vaccine efficacy is used as a cognitive variable, fear of the vaccine and fear of Covid-19 are used as affective variables, and social influence is used as the normative variable. The proposed model strongly explains the intention to use the Covid-19 vaccine (R2 = 0.81). The results show that vaccine efficacy will be the most important determinant of Covid-19 vaccine acceptance, followed by social influence. The findings can be very helpful for public health policies aimed at achieving widespread vaccination, a must for vaccine success.
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author	Jorge Pelegrín-Borondo Mario Arias-Oliva Ala Ali Almahameed Miguel Prado Román
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title	Covid-19 vaccines: A model of acceptance behavior in the healthcare sector
title_short	Covid-19 vaccines: A model of acceptance behavior in the healthcare sector
title_full	Covid-19 vaccines: A model of acceptance behavior in the healthcare sector
title_fullStr	Covid-19 vaccines: A model of acceptance behavior in the healthcare sector
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publisher	Elsevier
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Covid-19 vaccines: A model of acceptance behavior in the healthcare sector

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