Open AccessExamining the “why” of vaccine hesitancy.
Author(s) -
Robert A. Bednarczyk
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
health psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.548
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1930-7810
pISSN - 0278-6133
DOI - 10.1037/hea0000596
Subject(s) - psycinfo , vaccination , context (archaeology) , psychology , medline , family medicine , medicine , social psychology , immunology , political science , biology , law , paleontology
Comments on the original article by Hornsey and colleagues (see record 2018-03974-001) which present findings on a 24-nation survey of the underlying roots of vaccine hesitancy and antivaccination attitudes. Their findings provide a solid foundation on which to build the next generation of research into vaccine communication and ways to address vaccine hesitancy. Where do we go from here? Although the work of Hornsey et al. (2018) is a good first step, their primary outcome was vaccination attitudes. Future research is needed to evaluate these findings in the context of actual vaccine uptake. (PsycINFO Database Record