Why some people are reluctant to get the vaccine

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 March Why some people are reluctant to get the vaccine Why some people are reluctant to get the vaccine 22/04/2021 | 4 MINS A specialist in vaccination policy, Dr Katie Attwellis a senior lecturer and academic researcher at the LIT School of Social Sciences. Dr Attwell also leads the interdisciplinary Coronavax project to engage in community and government research into readiness for the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. Her research has focused on how governments motivate people to vaccinate, how vaccination policies make it to the agenda, how they are designed, how they differ and how they work. Which groups in the community are most likely to be hesitant about COVID-19 vaccine safety? Why is it important to hear their voices and how do we do this? Some Australian studies have indicated that younger women of childbearing age are more hesitant about accepting COVID-19 vaccines than other groups. We are also seeing women more generally being a little more hesitant than men. We are also hearing there are some concerns circulating in Aboriginal

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 March Why some people are reluctant to get the vaccine Why some people are reluctant to get the vaccine 22/04/2021 | 4 MINS A specialist in vaccination policy, Dr Katie Attwellis a senior lecturer and academic researcher at the LIT School of Social Sciences.

Dr Attwell also leads the interdisciplinary Coronavax project to engage in community and government research into readiness for the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

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