Using moral foundations in government communication to reduce vaccine hesitancy
Having a vaccine available does not necessarily imply that it will be used. Indeed, uptake rates for existing vaccines against infectious diseases have been fluctuating in recent years. Literature suggests that vaccine hesitancy may be grounded in deeply rooted intuitions or values, which can be modelled using Moral Foundations Theory (MFT). We examine the respective prominence of the MFT dimensions in government communication regarding childhood vaccinations and explore its effect on parents’ vaccine hesitancy. We measure the MFT dimension loading of the vaccination information brochures from... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2021 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Heine , F & Wolters , E 2021 , ' Using moral foundations in government communication to reduce vaccine hesitancy ' , PLOS ONE , vol. 16 , no. 11 , e0259435 . https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259435 |
Schlagwörter: | Vaccination and Immunization / Vaccines / NETHERLANDS / SCHOOLCHILDREN / public and occupational health / Neonates / TODDLERS / LANGUAGE |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27212468 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://research.tilburguniversity.edu/en/publications/c71539c4-a586-4e4d-a623-14701d7c384e |