Vaccination is one of the great achievements of the 20th century, yet persistent public-health
problems include inadequate, delayed, and unstable vaccination uptake. Psychology offers …

A bstract Behavioral science offers several ideas about what it takes to get people to
vaccinate. Colleagues and I previously reviewed the evidence for these propositions and put …

Most vaccines not only directly protect vaccinated individuals but also provide a social
benefit through community protection. Therefore, vaccination can be considered a prosocial …

Objective: Strengthening of antivaccination movements in recent decades has coincided
with unprecedented increases in the incidence of some communicable diseases. Many …

Vaccines save least 5 lives a minute, but they could save many more [1]. An estimated 1.5
million deaths–the equivalent of 8 jumbo jets crashing every day–could be averted if global …

Because vaccines can reduce the ability to transmit a contagious disease to others as well
as the ability to contract a disease, the decision to vaccinate might be motivated in part by …

In spite of evidence that immunization is one of the most lifesaving public health measures of
the last century, a growing number of people are hesitating about vaccination. The chapter …

Objective: Most vaccines provide indirect community protection by preventing the
transmission of the disease. Paradoxically, this effect can also motivate omission of …

In a survey and three experiments (one preregistered with a nationally representative
sample), we examined if vaccination requirements are likely to backfire, as commonly …

Objective: Vaccination yields a direct effect by reducing infection, but also has the indirect
effect of herd immunity: If many individuals are vaccinated, the immune population will …