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Prior Vaccination and Effectiveness of Communication Strategies Used to Describe Infectious Diseases
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Prior Vaccination and Effectiveness of Communication Strategies Used to Describe Infectious Diseases

Thomas S. Valley, Aaron M. Scherer, Megan Knaus, Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher, Enny Das and Angela Fagerlin
Emerging infectious diseases, Vol.25(4), pp.821-823
04/01/2019
DOI: 10.3201/eid2504.171408
PMCID: PMC6433032
PMID: 30882322
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https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2504.171408View
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Abstract

We tested the effect of prior vaccination on response to communication strategies in a hypothetical news article about an influenza pandemic. Vaccinated were more likely than nonvaccinated participants to plan future vaccination, and future vaccination intent was greater with certain communication strategies. Using these findings to target communication may increase vaccination rates.
Immunology Infectious Diseases Life Sciences & Biomedicine Science & Technology

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