身份(音乐)
社会认同理论
政治
公共关系
主流
社会心理学
价值(数学)
理性
独创性
社会学
心理学
政治学
社会团体
法学
计算机科学
物理
机器学习
声学
创造力
作者
Katie Attwell,David T. Smith
出处
期刊:International journal of health governance
[Emerald (MCB UP)]
日期:2017-08-22
卷期号:22 (3): 183-198
被引量:25
标识
DOI:10.1108/ijhg-03-2017-0008
摘要
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a theoretical framework for understanding the identity politics associated with parental hesitancy and refusal of vaccines for their children (“vaccine hesitancy or refusal” or “VHR”). Understanding these identity politics helps policymakers to craft appropriate communication interventions that do not make the problem worse. Design/methodology/approach Social identity theory is a way of understanding how group identities develop around the lifestyle practices that often include refusal to vaccinate, and how this group identity is accentuated by conflict with the pro-vaccinating societal mainstream. This paper critically appraises existing studies of VHR to explore this groupness across many different contexts. Findings Groupness is evident across many different contexts. There are also key group characteristics: preference for natural birth and breastfeeding, nature as a concept and use of complementary and alternative medicine. Research limitations/implications The paper is speculative and theoretical, using existing sources. Future studies will need to demonstrate empirically with new data. However, this theoretical approach sets up a new research agenda. Social implications These findings can help governments and policymakers minimise social conflict that risks further polarising vaccine conversations and wedging parents on the fence. Originality/value This paper argues that the decision to vaccinate or not is an inherently social one, not a matter of pure individual rationality. This is a novel approach to engaging with what is often characterised and studied as an individual decision.
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