Why do people believe health misinformation and who is at risk? A systematic review of individual differences in susceptibility to health misinformation

X Nan, Y Wang, K Thier - Social Science & Medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
Rationale Health misinformation poses a significant threat to public health. Understanding
why people believe health misinformation and who is at risk is crucial for develo** …

Addressing vaccine hesitancy and resistance for COVID-19 vaccines

MDJ Peters - International journal of nursing studies, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 vaccine rollout has had various degrees of success in different countries.
Achieving high levels of vaccine coverage is key to responding to and mitigating the impact …

Correlates and disparities of intention to vaccinate against COVID-19

T Callaghan, A Moghtaderi, JA Lueck… - Social science & …, 2021 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
All authors were involved in the conceptualization of the manuscript. TC and JL led survey
design and administration. TC was responsible for the analysis of the data. TC and AM led …

Rural and urban differences in COVID‐19 prevention behaviors

T Callaghan, JA Lueck, KL Trujillo… - The Journal of Rural …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To examine whether the adoption of COVID‐19‐related preventive health
behaviors vary in rural versus urban communities of the United States while accounting for …

How to reduce consumer food waste at household level: A literature review on drivers and levers for behavioural change

M Vittuari, LG Herrero, M Masotti, E Iori… - Sustainable Production …, 2023 - Elsevier
Consumer food waste at the household level results from a complex set of different
behaviours. They are influenced by psychological, socio-cultural, and economic factors such …

Quantifying the potential persuasive returns to political microtargeting

BM Tappin, C Wittenberg, LB Hewitt… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - pnas.org
Much concern has been raised about the power of political microtargeting to sway voters'
opinions, influence elections, and undermine democracy. Yet little research has directly …

Encouraging COVID-19 vaccine uptake through effective health communication

M Motta, S Sylvester, T Callaghan… - Frontiers in Political …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Context: Overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic will require most Americans to vaccinate
against the virus. Unfortunately, previous research suggests that many Americans plan to …

Republicans, not democrats, are more likely to endorse anti-vaccine misinformation

M Motta - American Politics Research, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Vaccine safety skeptics are often thought to be more likely to self-identify as Democrats (vs.
Independents or Republicans). Recent studies, however, suggest that childhood vaccine …

Rural identity as a contributing factor to anti-intellectualism in the US

K Lunz Trujillo - Political Behavior, 2022 - Springer
Anti-intellectualism—a distrust of intellectuals and experts—has had a significant political
presence in the US and globally, especially in recent years. Anti-intellectualism drives …

Health misinformation: What it is, why people believe it, how to counter it

X Nan, K Thier, Y Wang - Annals of the International …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Despite growing concerns and rapidly expanding research about health misinformation,
answers to some fundamental questions remain unclear. Among the open questions are the …