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Gauna, F., Raude, J., Khouri, C., Cracowski, J. L., & Ward, J. K. (2025). Exploring the relationship between experience of vaccine adverse events and vaccine hesitancy: A scoping review. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2025.2471225 Abstract Fear of side effects is the main motive for vaccine refusal. However, before the COVID-19 pandemic, little attention had been paid…

Date: 11 to 12 June 2025 Location: the Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal Conference: European Sociological Association, Research Network 16 – Sociology of Health & Medicine Mid-term Conference Among the sessions: Session 1: Epidemics and Pandemics in the Digital Age: ‘Contested knowledge’, Health and Vaccine Acceptance Session convener: Eve Dubé Abstract Climate change, biodiversity loss,…

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…

On 24 January 2025, we will be holding a one-day meeting in Paris dedicated to vaccine issues among healthcare professionals, with talks by Katie Attwell, Ivan Sainsaulieu, Leonardo Heyerdahl, Anaïs Le Breton & Hugo Touzet, as well as a session focusing on intervention research, with Judith Mueller, Dawn Holford and Aurélie Gauchet. More details to…

Programme of Friday seminars (14:00-15:30), online, from September 2024 to June 2025: 2024 : – 27 September : Noëmon Baudouin (sciences cognitives). Interventions pour réduire l’hésitation vaccinale des adolescents : un essai contrôlé randomisé. – 25 October : Jeremy Ward (sociologue). Doutes à l’égard des vaccins, rapports à la science. – 15 November : Sarah Rozenblum (politiste). Expertise vaccinale et gestion de crise : mobiliser…

The call for ReCH-MIE 2024 projects, launched by the direction générale de l’offre de soins (DGOS) and piloted by ANRS MIE, will open soon. The total amount available for the 2024 campaign is €10 million. Calender: Projects will be selected in two stages: To find out more: Access the full regulations, summarising in particular the…