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Use of a language intervention to reduce vaccine hesitancy

dc.contributor.authorGeipel, J
dc.contributor.authorGrant, LH
dc.contributor.authorKeysar, B
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-10T11:07:08Z
dc.date.issued2022-01-07
dc.date.updated2022-01-10T10:45:08Z
dc.description.abstractVaccine hesitancy is a major global challenge facing COVID-19 immunization programs. Its main source is low public trust in the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine. In a preregistered experimental study, we investigated how using a foreign language when communicating COVID-19 vaccine information influences vaccine acceptance. Hong Kong Chinese residents (N = 611) received COVID-19 vaccine information either in their native Chinese or in English. English increased trust in the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine and, as a result, reduced vaccine hesitancy. This indicates that language can impact vaccine attitudes and demonstrate the potential of language interventions for a low cost, actionable strategy to curtail vaccine hesitancy amongst bilingual populations. Language interventions could contribute towards achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of health and well-being.en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Science Foundation (NSF)en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipRustandy Center for Social Sector Innovationen_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipHong Kong Jockey Club Programme on Social Innovationen_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity of Chicago Francis and Rose Yuen Campus in Hong Kongen_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipCenter for Health Administration Studies (CHAS)en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipCenter for International Social Science Research at the University of Chicago (CISSR)en_GB
dc.identifier.citationVol. 12 , article 253en_GB
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-04249-w
dc.identifier.grantnumber1520074en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/128333
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherNature Researchen_GB
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2022. Open Access. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.en_GB
dc.titleUse of a language intervention to reduce vaccine hesitancyen_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.date.available2022-01-10T11:07:08Z
exeter.article-number253
dc.descriptionThis is the final version. Available on open access from Nature Research via the DOI in this recorden_GB
dc.identifier.eissn2045-2322
dc.identifier.journalScientific Reportsen_GB
dc.relation.ispartofScientific Reports, 12(1)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_GB
dcterms.dateAccepted2021-12-17
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rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_GB
refterms.dateFCD2022-01-10T11:04:21Z
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refterms.dateFOA2022-01-10T11:07:18Z
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refterms.dateFirstOnline2022-01-07


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© The Author(s) 2022. Open Access. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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