Loss-framing of information and pre-vaccination consultation improve COVID-19 vaccine acceptance: A survey experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Backgrounds

Vaccination remains one of the most effective ways to protect populations from COVID-19 infection, severe conditions, and death. This study aims to examine whether the gain/loss-framing of information, provision of subsidized pre-vaccination physician consultation, and cash incentives can improve COVID-19 acceptance amongst adults.

Methods

A survey experiment was conducted within a broader cross-sectional survey of people aged 18-64 years in Hong Kong, China. The participants were randomly assigned to one of the eight groups derived from full-factorial design of the three strategies with stratification by age and sex. The vaccine acceptance rate was compared between people with and without any of the strategies. The heterogeneous effects of these strategies were

SUBMITTER: Wang K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9902910 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature