Evaluating vaccine avoidance from a wider angle

Anti-consumption attitudes affect public health when they expand from the domain of private goods to that of social goods and services, including health services.6 Anti-consumption refers to 'a resistance to, distaste for, or even resentment of consumption'.7 This attitude assumes forms ra...

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Published in:Journal of public health policy 2015-05, Vol.36 (2), p.246-247
Main Authors: Demirbag-Kaplan, Melike, Kaplan, Yusuf Cem
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior
Equality and Human Rights
Immunization
Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editors
Medical Sociology
Public Health
Social Justice
Social Policy
Social Sciences
Sociology
Treatment Refusal - psychology
Vaccines
Vaccines - administration & dosage
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Summary:Anti-consumption attitudes affect public health when they expand from the domain of private goods to that of social goods and services, including health services.6 Anti-consumption refers to 'a resistance to, distaste for, or even resentment of consumption'.7 This attitude assumes forms ranging from active behaviors - boycotting or choosing to voluntarily simplify one's life - to more passive ones - avoiding a particular brand, product, or category of products.8 Avoidance may emanate from product-related dissatisfaction, unwillingness to identify with groups of users, or be a manifestation of moral and ideological values.9 Studies now suggest that moral and ideological values contribute to vaccine avoidance.
ISSN:0197-5897
1745-655X
DOI:10.1057/jphp.2015.6