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Date : du 11 au 12 juin 2025 Lieu : Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal Conférence : European Sociological Association, Research Network 16 – Sociology of Health & Medicine Mid-term Conference Parmi les sessions : Session 1: Epidemics and Pandemics in the Digital Age: ‘Contested knowledge’, Health and Vaccine Acceptance Session convener: Eve Dubé Abstract…

É Schultz, JK Ward, L Atlani-Duault, Science and public policy 51 (2), 236-246 Abstract During the Covid-19 pandemic, many governments have resorted to scientific advisory bodies to aid in public health decision-making. What then has been the public’s perception of those new structures of scientific advice? In this article, we draw on a survey conducted…

P Peretti-Watel, P Verger, JK Ward, Nature Medicine 30 (4), 923-924 Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic acceler-ated the development of mRNA vaccines and provided proof of concept for this new approach to protect humans against infectious diseases, as well as other diseases such as cancer. However, the use of mRNA technology depends on the public’s attitude…

G Khoury, JK Ward, J Mancini, A Gagneux-Brunon, LB Luong Nguyen, JMIR Public Health and Surveillance 10, e45837 Abstract Background:Health literacy involves individuals’ knowledge, personal skills, and confidence to take action to evaluate and appraise health-related information and improve their health or that of their community. Objective:This study aimed to analyze the association between health…

JK Ward, S Cortaredona, H Touzet, F Gauna, P Peretti-Watel, Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 11373758 Abstract Context: The role of political identities in determining attitudes to vaccines has attracted a lot of attention in the last decade. Explanations have tended to focus on the influence of party representatives on their sympathizers (partisan…

JK Ward, P Peretti-Watel, E Dubé, P Verger, K Attwell, Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics 20 (1), 2367268 Abstract The pandemic dramatically accelerated research on vaccine attitudes and uptake, a field which mobilizes researchers from the social sciences and humanities as well as biomedical and public health disciplines. The field has the potential to contribute much…

Le 24 janvier 2025, nous organiserons une rencontre d’une journée à Paris, journée dédiée aux enjeux vaccinaux parmi les professionnels de santé, avec des interventions de Katie Attwell, Ivan Sainsaulieu, Leonardo Heyerdahl, Anaïs Le Breton & Hugo Touzet, ainsi qu’une session ciblant la recherche interventionnelle, avec Judith Mueller, Dawn Holford et Aurélie Gauchet. Nous vous…

Programme des séminaires  du vendredi (14h-15h30), en distantiel, de septembre 2024 à juin 2025 : 2024 : – 27 septembre : Noëmon Baudouin (sciences cognitives). Interventions pour réduire l’hésitation vaccinale des adolescents : un essai contrôlé randomisé. – 25 octobre : Jeremy Ward (sociologue). Doutes à l’égard des vaccins, rapports à la science. – 15 novembre : Sarah Rozenblum (politiste). Expertise vaccinale et gestion de crise :…