Promoting COVID-19 vaccine acceptance: recommendations from the Lancet Commission on Vaccine Refusal, Acceptance, and Demand in the USA

SB Omer, RM Benjamin, NT Brewer, AM Buttenheim… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Since the first case of COVID-19 was identified in the USA in January, 2020, over 46 million
people in the country have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 infection. Several COVID-19 …

Addressing parental vaccine hesitancy and other barriers to childhood/adolescent vaccination uptake during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

OA Olusanya, RA Bednarczyk, RL Davis… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Routine childhood immunizations are proven to be one of the most effective public health
interventions at controlling numerous deadly diseases. Therefore, the CDC recommends …

Increasing vaccination: putting psychological science into action

NT Brewer, GB Chapman, AJ Rothman… - … Science in the …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
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 …

Parental hesitancy about routine childhood and influenza vaccinations: a national survey

A Kempe, AW Saville, C Albertin, G Zimet, A Breck… - …, 2020 - publications.aap.org
METHODS: In February 2019, we surveyed families with children using the largest online
panel generating representative US samples. After weighting, we assessed hesitancy using …

COVID-19 vaccination attitudes, values and intentions among United States adults prior to emergency use authorization

DA Salmon, MZ Dudley, J Brewer, L Kan, JE Gerber… - Vaccine, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction Safe and effective vaccines against Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
provide the best opportunity to control the pandemic. Having safe and efficacious vaccines …

Association of moral values with vaccine hesitancy

AB Amin, RA Bednarczyk, CE Ray… - Nature Human …, 2017 - nature.com
Clusters of unvaccinated children are particularly susceptible to outbreaks of vaccine-
preventable disease,. Existing messaging interventions demonstrate short-term success, but …

Characterizing polarization in online vaccine discourse—A large-scale study

B Mønsted, S Lehmann - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Vaccine hesitancy is currently recognized by the WHO as a major threat to global health.
Recently, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a growing interest in …

Association between vaccine refusal and vaccine-preventable diseases in the United States: a review of measles and pertussis

VK Phadke, RA Bednarczyk, DA Salmon, SB Omer - Jama, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Parents hesitant to vaccinate their children may delay routine immunizations or
seek exemptions from state vaccine mandates. Recent outbreaks of vaccine-preventable …

Using behavioral insights to increase vaccination policy effectiveness

C Betsch, R Böhm… - Policy Insights from the …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Even though there are policies in place, and safe and effective vaccines available, almost
every country struggles with vaccine hesitancy, that is, a delay in acceptance or refusal of …

Calling the shots: Why parents reject vaccines

JA Reich - Calling the Shots, 2016 - degruyter.com
The measles outbreak at Disneyland in December 2014 spread to a half-dozen US states
and sickened 147 people. It is just one recent incident that the medical community blames …