Story and science: How providers and parents can utilize storytelling to combat anti-vaccine misinformation

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1795-1801

  Shelby, Ashley ^a   Ernst, Karen ^a  

^a Moms Who Vax   (United States)

Author keywords

Andrew Wakefield; Anti vaccine; Autism; Facebook; Immunization; Social media; Vaccine hesitancy; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONVERSATION; DECISION MAKING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG SAFETY; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PUBLIC OPINION; REVIEW; SOCIAL MEDIA; STORYTELLING; TEXT MESSAGING; VACCINATION;

ANDREW WAKEFIELD; ANTI-VACCINE; AUTISM; FACEBOOK; IMMUNIZATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; VACCINE HESITANCY; VACCINES;

COMMUNICATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; VACCINATION; VACCINES;

EID: 84882993742     PISSN: 21645515     EISSN: 2164554X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/hv.24828     Document Type: Review

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