The majority of Canadians likely behaved as myopic rationalists rather than success-based learners when deciding on their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine

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dc.contributor.authorAghaeeyan, Azadeth
dc.contributor.authorRamazi, Pouria
dc.contributor.authorLewis, Mark A.
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-15T19:22:06Z
dc.date.available2025-04-15T19:22:06Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Successful vaccine promotion communication strategies require knowing how eligible recipients will respond to the opportunity to get vaccinated. Two main classes of recipients are myopic rationalists, those who receive a dose of vaccine only if it maximizes their own instant benefit and if so, do it as soon as possible, and success-based learners, those who learn from others that they perceive to be most successful. Methods: A recent study models these two decision-making types, and estimates the population proportion of myopic rationalists in each U.S. state. In this report, we fit a similar model to data on COVID-19 vaccine uptake across the Canadian provinces and territories. Results: We estimated that 64% of Canadians behaved as myopic rationalists in taking the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, compared to an estimated 47% in the United States. Among the provinces, the lowest proportion of myopic rationalists was 0.51 in Saskatchewan, while the highest was 0.74 in Prince Edward Island. The correlation analysis suggested a positive correlation between the proportion of myopic rationalists and the average age across the Canadian provinces (Pearson-r = 0.71). Discussion: Canadian health management may benefit from these results in tailoring the vaccine promotion communication strategies.
dc.description.reviewstatusReviewed
dc.description.scholarlevelFaculty
dc.description.sponsorshipThe author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. The project was funded by the Emerging Infectious Disease Modelling Program (CANMOD) and Brock University. PR and ML gratefully acknowledge NSERC Discovery Grants.
dc.identifier.citationAghaeeyan, A., Ramazi, P., & Lewis, M. A. (2024). The majority of Canadians likely behaved as myopic rationalists rather than success-based learners when deciding on their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Frontiers in Public Health, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1406911
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1406911
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/21914
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherFrontiers in Public Health
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject.departmentDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics
dc.subject.departmentDepartment of Biology
dc.titleThe majority of Canadians likely behaved as myopic rationalists rather than success-based learners when deciding on their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine
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