Call for Manuscripts - Special Issue - Vaccination Uptake and Public Health

Invite to contribute to a Special Issue entitled Vaccination Uptake and Public Health in the journal Vaccines, which is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed, open-access journal on public health. More information about the journal can be found at https://www.mdpi.com/journal/vaccines.

Despite vaccination being acknowledged as one of the most successful public health measures, many individuals choose not to be vaccinated, citing concerns around safety and questioning the necessity of immunization, and there is evidence that vaccine refusal and hesitancy by individuals across the world have been increasing. Vaccine attitude determines people’s intention to vaccinate and consequential vaccine uptake behaviors and preferences. Understanding people’s general affect, attitude, behaviors and preferences towards vaccination is therefore crucial to the successful implementation of a large-scale vaccination program. Therefore, we welcome contributions to this Special Issue focused on attitudes, behaviors and preferences towards vaccination.

This Special Issue aims to publish evidence, observations and comprehensive information in the field regarding, but not limited to, a) the behavior of getting vaccinated; b) attitudes towards vaccination; c) the level of perceived knowledge about vaccines; d) preferences for vaccines among different populations; e) psychological factors associated with vaccine apathy and hesitancy; f) interventions to overcome and prevent vaccine apathy and hesitancy. Contributions to this Special Issue will advance our understanding of potential social and psychological origins of anti-vaccination stances and identify groups for targeted prevention efforts. In this Special Issue, original research articles, systematic reviews, short communications, and other types of articles on related topics are welcome.