Prior Vaccination and Effectiveness of Communication Strategies Used to Describe Infectious Diseases

We tested the effect of prior vaccination on response to communication strategies in a hypothetical news article about an influenza pandemic. Vaccinated were more likely than nonvaccinated participants to plan future vaccination, and future vaccination intent was greater with certain communication s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Valley, Thomas S., Scherer, Aaron M., Knaus, Megan, Zikmund-Fisher, Brian J., Das, Enny, Fagerlin, Angela
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
Materias:
Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6433032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30882322
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2504.171408
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Sumario:We tested the effect of prior vaccination on response to communication strategies in a hypothetical news article about an influenza pandemic. Vaccinated were more likely than nonvaccinated participants to plan future vaccination, and future vaccination intent was greater with certain communication strategies. Using these findings to target communication may increase vaccination rates.

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