Why do parents who usually vaccinate their children hesitate or refuse? General good vs. individual risk

Journal of Risk Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 405-424

  Gesser Edelsburg, Anat ^a   Shir Raz, Yaffa ^a   Green, Manfred S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

affect heuristic; context dependent analysis; hazard plus outrage; OPV vaccination; polio outbreak in Israel; risk perception and communication; vaccination hesitancy or refusal

Indexed keywords

HAZARDS; RISK PERCEPTION; SURVEYS; VACCINES;

AFFECT HEURISTIC; CONTEXT DEPENDENT; OPV VACCINATION; POLIO OUTBREAK IN ISRAEL; RISK PERCEPTION AND COMMUNICATIONS; VACCINATION HESITANCY OR REFUSAL;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84916920028     PISSN: 13669877     EISSN: 14664461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2014.983947     Document Type: Article

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