Backfire effect of salient information on vaccine take-up experimental evidence from scared-straight intervention in rural northern Nigeria

Vaccination is the most cost-effective way to prevent mothers and infants from contracting tetanus. However, developing countries struggle with the persistent low take-up of vaccination. The low risk perceptions of disease can be one of the barriers to vaccination. One way to increase the risk perce...

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Main Authors: Ryoko Sato, Yoshito Takasaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2021-06-01
Series:Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2020.1836917