rs13-2_vaccine-mandates_2024-04-16_

• The synthesis of findings were grouped according to the outcomes of interest: • Mandates and intention to get vaccinated: The experimental literature is based only on hypothetical mandates and suggest that vaccine passports and employer mandates either have no effect on intention to get vaccinated, though one experiment suggested that vaccine passports for travel and sporting events may increase. [...] • Mandates and psychological reactance: Most identified studies suggested that vaccine mandates increase the likelihood of experiencing psychological reactance (i.e., anger and resistance in response to perceived threats to freedom) and that intention to vaccinate was likely to decrease. [...] For this synthesis we focus our attention on the possible impact of vaccine mandates on intention to get vaccinated, psychological reactance, and trust, and aim to explore the relationship between psychological reactance and trust and how they may or may not impact intent to vaccinate in the future. [...] Given the socioeconomic factors that contribute to positioning more Black people in employment settings more likely to have introduced mandates, the authors underscore the importance of developing vaccination policies that account for the historical and social contexts to mitigate introducing policies that serve to be reminiscent of the removal of choice, coercion, and oppression that Black people. [...] The opinions, results, and conclusions are those of the team that prepared the evidence synthesis, and independent of the Government of Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada.