{"product_id":"9783031565311","title":"Resistance to COVID-19 Vaccination Drivers, Impact on Human Wellbeing, and Policy Implications","description":"\u003ch3\u003eHuman Well-Being Research and Policy Making\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eResistance to COVID-19 Vaccination\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eDrivers, Impact on Human Wellbeing, and Policy Implications\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eStephanie Rossouw | Talita Greyling\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eMedical \/ Allied Health Services \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book presents advanced methodologies for analyzing attitudes towards the COVID-19 vaccine across 10 countries spanning both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, employing cutting-edge Big Data and Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) techniques. Serving as an important resource for policymakers, it addresses attitudes towards and causes of growing vaccine hesitancy —a pressing concern identified by the World Health Organization as a top 10 global health threat. Moreover, the book sheds light on key factors associated with positive vaccine attitudes, aiming to bolster vaccine uptake rates. The authors explore the role of happiness in shaping health-related decision-making, offering actionable policy recommendations for governments. By sharing best-case practices, they equip policymakers and health officials worldwide with the necessary strategies to address future pandemics effectively.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStephanie Rossouw \u003c\/strong\u003eis an Associate Professor and Deputy Head of the School of Social Science and Humanities at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. Stephanie has fulfilled the role of editor of economics at the \u003cem\u003eJournal of Happiness Studies\u003c\/em\u003e since 2012 and oversees a team of seven associate editors. Stephanie is a Member of the World Wellbeing Panel, Vice-President of Finance for the International Society for Quality of Life Studies (ISQOLS), a member of the board of directors of ISQOLS, a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Johannesburg and a Research Fellow of the Global Labor Organization (GLO). She holds a PhD in Economics from the North-West University (South Africa). Stephanie specializes in well-being studies and is the co-creator of the \u003cem\u003eGross National Happiness Today Project\u003c\/em\u003e which spans 11 countries, including New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. Stephanie played an instrumental role in Statistics New Zealand's adoption of the GNH as an experimental measure of real-time subjective well-being in its COVID-19 data portal. In 2020 and 2024, Stephanie was invited to write \"Big Data and Happiness\" chapters for the \u003cem\u003eHandbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eEncyclopedia on Happiness, Quality of Life and Subjective Well-being\u003c\/em\u003e. Her research has appeared in journals such as \u003cem\u003ePLOS ONE\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSocial Indicators Research\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eApplied Research in Quality of Life\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJournal of International Entrepreneurship\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOxford Development Studies\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSouth African Journal of Economics\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eNew Zealand Economic Papers\u003c\/em\u003e, among others. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTalita Greyling \u003c\/strong\u003eis a Professor in the School of Economics at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa. She specializes in wellbeing economics and quality of life studies and has a keen interest in the applications of the fourth industrial revolution. She developed the initial \"Happiness Index\" using big data. Consequently, she partnered with Dr Stephanie Rossouw and established the \u003cem\u003eGross National Happiness. Today Project\u003c\/em\u003e which continuously researches and develops well-being indices. The project received the Vice Chancellor's Distinguished Award for Innovation. Talita is the author of numerous articles in both multi-disciplinary and economic journals. Since 2020, she has been actively involved in COVID-19 research projects and has published on the topic. She has authored book chapters related to \"Big Data and Happiness\". She is the associate editor for Pioneers in Quality of Life Theory and Research of the \u003cem\u003eJournal of Applied Research in Quality of Life\u003c\/em\u003e and a co-editor for Economics in the \u003cem\u003eJournal of Happiness Studies\u003c\/em\u003e. She is the Vice-President (Membership) and a member of the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies board of directors. Furthermore, she is a member of the World Wellbeing Panel and a Research Fellow of the Global Labor Organization (GLO). Talita is involved in several international collaborations related to well-being research. 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