What Is the Support for Conspiracy Beliefs About COVID-19 Vaccines in Latin America? A Prospective Exploratory Study in 13 Countries

Conspiracy theories about COVID-19 began to emerge immediately after the first news about the disease and threaten to prolong the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic by limiting people’s willingness of receiving a life-saving vaccine. In this context, this study aimed to explore the variation o...

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Autores: Caycho Rodríguez, Tomás, Ventura León, José, Valencia, Pablo D., Vilca, Lindsey W., Carbajal León, Carlos, Reyes Bossio, Mario, White, Michael, Rojas Jara, Claudio, Polanco Carrasco, Roberto, Gallegos de San Vicente, Miguel Omar, Cervigni, Mauricio Alejandro, Martino, Pablo Luis, Palacios, Diego Alejandro, Moreta Herrera, Rodrigo, Samaniego Pinho, Antonio, Lobos Rivera, Marlon Elías, Buschiazzo Figares, Andrés, Puerta Cortés, Diana Ximena, Corrales Reyes, Ibraín Enrique, Calderón, Raymundo, Pinto Tapia, Bismarck, Arias Gallegos, Walter L., Petzold, Olimpia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/215493
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/215493
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:BELIEFS
CONSPIRACY
COVID-19
LATIN AMERICA
VACCINE
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Sumario:Conspiracy theories about COVID-19 began to emerge immediately after the first news about the disease and threaten to prolong the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic by limiting people’s willingness of receiving a life-saving vaccine. In this context, this study aimed to explore the variation of conspiracy beliefs regarding COVID-19 and the vaccine against it in 5779 people living in 13 Latin American countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela) according to sociodemographic variables such as gender, age, educational level and source of information about COVID-19. The study was conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic between September 15 and October 25, 2021. The Spanish-language COVID-19 Vaccine Conspiracy Beliefs Scale (ECCV-COVID) and a sociodemographic survey were used. The results indicate that, in most countries, women, people with a lower educational level and those who receive information about the vaccine and COVID-19 from family/friends are more supportive of conspiracy ideas regarding the COVID-19 vaccine. In the case of age, the results vary by country. The analysis of the responses to each of the questions of the ECCV-COVID reveals that, in general, the countries evaluated are mostly in some degree of disagreement or indecision regarding conspiratorial beliefs about COVID-19 vaccines. The findings could help open further study which could support prevention and treatment efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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