The Vaccine Uptake Continuum: Applying Social Science Theory to Shift Vaccine Hesitancy.
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SUBMITTER: Piltch-Loeb R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7157682 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
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The Vaccine Uptake Continuum: Applying Social Science Theory to Shift Vaccine Hesitancy.
Piltch-Loeb Rachael R DiClemente Ralph R
Vaccines 20200207 1
Vaccines are the optimal public health strategy to prevent disease, but the growing anti-vaccine movement has focused renewed attention on the need to persuade people to increase vaccine uptake. This commentary draws on social and behavioral science theory and proposes a vaccine uptake continuum comprised of five factors: (1) awareness of the health threat; (2) availability of the vaccine; (3) accessibility of the vaccine; (4) affordability of the vaccine; and (5) acceptability of the vaccine to ...[more]
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