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Comment
. 2015 Dec 8;112(49):E6725-6.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1516350112. Epub 2015 Nov 23.

Don't try to convert the antivaccinators, instead target the fence-sitters

Cornelia Betsch  1 , Lars Korn  2 , Cindy Holtmann  2
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Don't try to convert the antivaccinators, instead target the fence-sitters

Cornelia Betsch et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.
Mean attitude difference scores (posttest minus pretest) as a function of communication strategies and prior attitude. Data from ref. . Prior attitude scores (PAS) were classified based on the scale values: negative attitude: PAS < 3, neutral: 3 ≥ PAS < 5, positive: PAS ≥ 5. n = 315. Error bars are 95% confidence intervals.
Fig. 2.
Fig. 2.
Mean difference scores of the dependent variables (posttest minus pretest) as a function of communication strategies. Data from ref. . The sample consists of parents with children ≤18 years (n = 103). The attitude construct was decomposed in its original variables, resembling the following constructs: 1) risk of vaccination (“The risk of side effects outweighs any protective benefits of vaccines”); 2) knowledge (“Vaccinating healthy children helps protect others by stopping the spread of disease”); 3) intention (“I plan to vaccinate my children”); 4) susceptibility (“Children do not need vaccines for diseases that are not common anymore”); 5) trust (“Doctors would not recommend vaccines if they were unsafe”). Error bars are 95% confidence intervals.
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  • Countering antivaccination attitudes.
    Horne Z, Powell D, Hummel JE, Holyoak KJ. Horne Z, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Aug 18;112(33):10321-4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1504019112. Epub 2015 Aug 3. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015. PMID: 26240325 Free PMC article.

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