Vaccine hesitancy and (fake) news: Quasi‐experimental evidence from Italy

Carrieri, Vincenzo; Madio, Leonardo; Principe, Francesco

doi:10.1002/hec.3937

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“…In examinations of possible explanations for this global phenomenon, it has been found that novelty is a pervasive component of false rumors, which are significantly more novel than the truth. However, data cannot support the contention that novelty is the only reason, or the main reason, for the spreading of falsehood [13,32]. However, other studies that have focused on the analysis of fake news in social media have reached different conclusions [33,34].…”

Section: Fake News Health and Social Mediamentioning

confidence: 89%

“…Disinformation spread by the anti-vaccine movement has led to episodes regarding vaccination provoking easily preventable disasters, such as the measles epidemic in Washington state (January 2019). The spread of false information also explains a decrease in immunization behaviors with respect to measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccinations, explaining the drop in the demand for this vaccine in the UK and the USA between 1999 and 2000 [13].…”

Section: Impact Of Fake News On Public Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A New Application of Social Impact in Social Media for Overcoming Fake News in Health

Pulido

Ruiz-Eugenio

Redondo-Sama

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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One of the challenges today is to face fake news (false information) in health due to its potential impact on people's lives. This article contributes to a new application of social impact in social media (SISM) methodology. This study focuses on the social impact of the research to identify what type of health information is false and what type of information is evidence of the social impact shared in social media. The analysis of social media includes Reddit, Facebook, and Twitter. This analysis contributes to identifying how interactions in these forms of social media depend on the type of information shared. The results indicate that messages focused on fake health information are mostly aggressive, those based on evidence of social impact are respectful and transformative, and finally, deliberation contexts promoted in social media overcome false information about health. These results contribute to advancing knowledge in overcoming fake health-related news shared in social media.

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Section: Fake News Health and Social Mediamentioning

confidence: 89%

Section: Impact Of Fake News On Public Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

A New Application of Social Impact in Social Media for Overcoming Fake News in Health

Pulido

Ruiz-Eugenio

Redondo-Sama

et al. 2020

IJERPH

176

111

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“…15 In Europe, 14,732 cases of measles were reported between February 1, 2017, and January 31, 2018, with the majority of cases seen in Romania (5,224 cases) and Italy (4,978 cases). 16 On the contrary, in January and March 2019, the state of Washington and New York county in the United States, respectively, declared a state of emergency due to growing numbers of measles cases. 16 Given the upsurge of emerging cases, the WHO announced in early 2019 that V-HR was to blame 1 of the 10 biggest threats to global health.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…16 On the contrary, in January and March 2019, the state of Washington and New York county in the United States, respectively, declared a state of emergency due to growing numbers of measles cases. 16 Given the upsurge of emerging cases, the WHO announced in early 2019 that V-HR was to blame 1 of the 10 biggest threats to global health. 16 The prevalence of V-HR varies from country to country.…”

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confidence: 99%

Parental Attitudes toward Vaccination in Turkey: A Face-to-Face Survey

Çağ

2020

Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases

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Objective Vaccination is the most effective and safest approach to protect public health and to prevent infectious diseases. Despite its great benefits, there has been a growing sense of distrust in the safety of vaccines and vaccination programs, leading to unwillingness to vaccinate or even refusal of vaccines altogether. The aim of this study was to determine parental attitudes toward vaccination and to derive information that would help develop appropriate strategies to tackle vaccine hesitancy and refusal (V-HR). Methods A 15-item questionnaire was administered during a face-to-face interview with 1,440 parents (88.1% women, median age: 32 years) whose children were followed up and treated in pediatric outpatient and/or inpatient clinics between July and September 2019. The influential factors on parental V-HR were statistically analyzed. Results The majority of the parents were in favor of vaccination without doubt (n = 1,184, 82.2%). The overall V-HR rate was 17.8%, with 16% of the parents (n = 230) expressing hesitancy and 1.8% (n = 26) completely refusing vaccination. Educational status significantly affected V-HR (p = 0.001), with a higher proportion of V-HR parents having a higher educational level (high school–university) than those having a lower educational status. The prevalence of V-HR was significantly higher among parents who drew vaccination-related information from written, visual, and social media (p < 0.001). Among the 256 parents, parental V-HR most commonly arose from perceived risk and safety concerns, with the feeling that vaccines might lead to another disease such as autism (57%), and the fear that vaccines might cause side effects (33%). Conclusion Parental V-HR has transformed into an alarming global health problem. Of particular importance is monitoring and assessing parental V-HR in every aspect, particularly the media sources that continuously disseminate misinformation about vaccination. Besides nationwide projects to encourage vaccination, appropriate utilization of the same media sources is needed to counteract V-HR and enhance awareness about the necessity and lifesaving benefits of vaccination.

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“…The systematic review by Demicheli et al, which included 14,700,000 children, found a significantly higher risk of febrile seizure after MMR vaccine exposure, but could not find any association between the vaccine and autism [28]. But there is still a lot of misinformation, especially through social media, which leads to vaccine hesitancy [29].…”

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confidence: 99%

Vaccine hesitancy

Weitz

Bellach

Faltum

et al. 2020

Wien Klin Wochenschr

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SummaryIn summer 2019 an extracurricular activity was started at the Medical University of Vienna (MUW) with the title: “Esoterism in Medicine”, where different chapters were evaluated by students. Here we present the subheading “Vaccine Hesitancy”. Three students formulated arguments from sceptic, hesitant or anti-vaccine groups and discussed the scientific literature to rebut it. Frequent objections were partly taken from the homepage of the German Robert-Koch-Institute, the home of the “Ständige Impfkommission”. Other objections were taken from blogs and social media. The students’ rebuttal was based on current scientific literature (preferentially pubmed), but also from other scientific sources like authorities.

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Vaccine hesitancy and (fake) news: Quasi‐experimental evidence from Italy

Cited by 196 publications

References 17 publications

A New Application of Social Impact in Social Media for Overcoming Fake News in Health

A New Application of Social Impact in Social Media for Overcoming Fake News in Health

Parental Attitudes toward Vaccination in Turkey: A Face-to-Face Survey

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