Vaccination persuasion online: A qualitative study of two Provaccine and two vaccine-skeptical websites

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Grant, Lenny ^a   Hausman, Bernice L ^a   Cashion, Margaret ^a   Lucchesi, Nicholas ^a   Patel, Kelsey ^a   Roberts, Jonathan ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Internet; Qualitative research; Social networking; Vaccination; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARDS; VACCINATION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VACCINATION;

EID: 84930334654     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.4153     Document Type: Article

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