Pro-vaccine messages may be counterproductive among vaccine-hesitant parents.
Pro-vaccine messages may be counterproductive among vaccine-hesitant parents.
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10.1136/ebmed-2014-110037
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2014-12-01
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Bedford, Helen
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Bedford, Helen
MethodsRespondents were recruited from a nationally representative panel in the USA. In a two-wave study, 1759 parents (88% of those meeting the inclusion criteria) of at least one child aged 17 years or less completed both waves. In the first, child health status and parent vaccine attitudes were measured. Information was sought about any delayed or declined vaccines, the importance of vaccines and how much trust was placed in health professionals and institutions. In wave 2, respondents were randomly assigned to receive a control message or one of four pro-vaccine messages. The first comprised scientific evidence debunking the link between MMR vaccine and autism using similar language to that on the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website; the second presented information about the diseases and adverse vaccine events associated with MMR based on the CDC vaccine information statement; the third used a mother's description, also taken from the CDC website, of her hospitalised son's measles episode; and the fourth comprised pictures of children with the diseases. The control message comprised information about feeding birds.