Addressing vaccine hesitancy: experimental evidence from nine high-income countries during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: We study the impact of public health messages on intentions to vaccinate and vaccination uptakes, especially among hesitant groups. We performed an experiment comparing the effects of egoistic and altruistic messages on COVID-19 vaccine intentions and behaviour. We administered different messages at random in a survey of 6379 adults in December 2020, following up with participants in the nationally representative survey Citizens' Attitudes Under COVID-19 Project covering nine high-income countries (Australia, Austria, France, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Sweden, the UK and the USA). Four alternative interventions were tested, based on narratives of (1) self-protection, (2) protecting others, (3) reducing health risks and (4) economic protection. We measure vaccination intentions in the Dec

SUBMITTER: Galasso V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10533725 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature