Reducing vaccine hesitancy by explaining vaccine science.
Journal
Journal of experimental psychology. Applied
ISSN: 1939-2192
Titre abrégé: J Exp Psychol Appl
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9507618
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Sep 2023
Sep 2023
Historique:
medline:
28
7
2023
pubmed:
7
3
2023
entrez:
6
3
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Vaccine hesitancy in the COVID-19 pandemic remained a problem long after mRNA vaccines became available. This may be due in part to misunderstandings about the vaccines, arising from complexities of the science involved. Two experiments, conducted on unvaccinated Americans at two periods postvaccine rollout in 2021, demonstrated that providing explanations, expressed in everyday language, and correcting known misunderstandings, reduced vaccine hesitancy compared to a no-information control group. Four explanations addressing misunderstandings about mRNA vaccine safety and effectiveness were tested in Experiment 1 (
Identifiants
pubmed: 36877466
pii: 2023-51211-001
doi: 10.1037/xap0000464
doi:
Substances chimiques
Vaccines
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
489-528Subventions
Organisme : National Science Foundation
Organisme : University of Washington (UW); Foster School of Business