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  • Vaccinology

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  • Vaccine hesitancy poses a significant global health challenge, hindering infectious disease containment.
  • Medical doctors are a trusted source for vaccination advice, yet public perception may inaccurately reflect their consensus.
  • Addressing public misperceptions about healthcare professionals' views is crucial for effective health communication.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate public misperceptions regarding doctors' trust in COVID-19 vaccines.
  • To assess the impact of correcting these misperceptions on vaccine uptake.
  • To develop and evaluate a scalable communication strategy to improve vaccination rates.

Main Methods:

  • A survey of 9,650 doctors in the Czech Republic to determine their vaccine trust levels.
  • A national survey of 2,101 individuals to assess public perceptions of doctors' vaccine trust.
  • A randomized controlled trial integrating belief-correction information into longitudinal vaccination status monitoring over nine months.

Main Results:

  • 90% of surveyed doctors expressed trust in COVID-19 vaccines.
  • A significant majority of the public (90%) underestimated doctors' trust, believing only 50% trusted the vaccines.
  • Providing accurate information about doctors' vaccine trust led to a persistent increase in vaccine uptake.

Conclusions:

  • Widespread public misperceptions about doctors' vaccine confidence exist.
  • Correcting these misperceptions is an effective and scalable intervention to increase vaccine uptake.
  • Engaging medical associations can facilitate large-scale interventions to improve health behaviors.