Countering antivaccination attitudes

被引:220
作者
Horne, Zachary [1 ]
Powell, Derek [2 ]
Hummel, John E. [1 ]
Holyoak, Keith J. [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Illinois, Dept Psychol, Champaign, IL 61802 USA
[2] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Psychol, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
关键词
vaccination; belief revision; attitude change; science education; VACCINE; INFORMATION; AUTISM;
D O I
10.1073/pnas.1504019112
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Three times as many cases of measles were reported in the United States in 2014 as in 2013. The reemergence of measles has been linked to a dangerous trend: parents refusing vaccinations for their children. Efforts have been made to counter people's antivaccination attitudes by providing scientific evidence refuting vaccination myths, but these interventions have proven ineffective. This study shows that highlighting factual information about the dangers of communicable diseases can positively impact people's attitudes to vaccination. This method outperformed alternative interventions aimed at undercutting vaccination myths.
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页码:10321 / 10324
页数:4
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