دورية أكاديمية
Diversity of attitudes towards complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and vaccines: A representative cross-sectional study in France.
| العنوان: | Diversity of attitudes towards complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and vaccines: A representative cross-sectional study in France. |
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| المؤلفون: | Ward JK; Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Inserm, Cermes3, F-94800, Villejuif, France. Electronic address: Jeremy.ward@inserm.fr., Gauna F; Observatoire régional de la santé PACA (ORS Paca), Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France., Deml MJ; Institute of Sociological Research, Department of Sociology, University of Geneva, Switzerland; Division of Social and Behavioural Science, School of Public Health, University of Cape Town, South Africa., MacKendrick N; Department of Sociology, Rutgers University, United States., Peretti-Watel P; Observatoire régional de la santé PACA (ORS Paca), Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France; VITROME (Aix Marseille Université, IRD, AP-HM, SSA), Marseille, France. |
| المصدر: | Social science & medicine (1982) [Soc Sci Med] 2023 Jul; Vol. 328, pp. 115952. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 May 03. |
| نوع المنشور: | Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
| اللغة: | English |
| بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: Pergamon Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 8303205 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1873-5347 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 02779536 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Soc Sci Med Subsets: MEDLINE |
| أسماء مطبوعة: | Original Publication: Oxford ; New York : Pergamon, c1982- |
| مواضيع طبية MeSH: | Vaccines*/therapeutic use , Complementary Therapies*, Adult ; Humans ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Vaccination ; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ; France |
| مستخلص: | How much does endorsement of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) correlate with negative attitudes towards vaccines? One of the difficulties of analysing the relationship between attitudes to CAM and attitudes towards vaccines rests in the complexity of both. Which form of CAM endorsement is associated with what type of reticence towards vaccines? While the literature on the relationship between CAM and attitudes towards vaccines is growing, this question has not yet been explored. In this study we present the results of a survey conducted in July 2021 among a representative sample of the French mainland adult population (n = 3087). Using cluster analysis, we identified five profiles of CAM attitudes and found that even among the most pro-CAM group, very few respondents disagreed with the idea that CAM should only be used as a complement to conventional medicine. We then compared these CAM attitudes to vaccine attitudes. Attitudes to CAM had a distinct impact as well as a combined effect on attitudes to different vaccines and vaccines in general. However, we also found a) that attitudes to CAM provide a very limited explanation of vaccine hesitancy and b) that, among the hesitant, pro-CAM attitudes are often combined with other traits associated with vaccine hesitancy such as distrust of health agencies, radical political preferences and low income. Indeed, we found that both CAM endorsement and vaccine hesitancy are more prevalent among the socially disadvantaged. Drawing on these results, we argue that, to better understand the relationship between CAM and vaccine hesitancy, it is necessary to look at how both can reflect lack of access and recourse to mainstream medicine and distrust of public institutions. Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest Jeremy K. Ward is a member of the Commission Technique des Vaccinations at the Haute Autorité de la Santé and Patrick Peretti-Watel was a member of the Conseil d’Orientation de la Stratégie Vaccinale COVID-19. The views expressed in this article are those of the authors, not these committees. (Copyright © 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.) |
| فهرسة مساهمة: | Keywords: CAM; France; Vaccine hesitancy |
| المشرفين على المادة: | 0 (Vaccines) |
| تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20230528 Date Completed: 20230616 Latest Revision: 20230620 |
| رمز التحديث: | 20231215 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115952 |
| PMID: | 37245262 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 1873-5347 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115952 |