Risk literacy: Foundational issues and its connection to risk science

T Aven - Risk Analysis, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A new research area is developing, risk literacy. The term “risk literacy” basically refers to
one's ability to understand and evaluate risk, in order to support and make appropriate …

How to convince the vaccine‐hesitant? An ease‐of‐access nudge, but not risk‐related information increased Covid vaccination‐related behaviors in the unvaccinated

H Giese, H Neth, O Wegwarth… - … : Health and Well …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, we contrast how different benefit and harm information formats and the
presence or absence of an ease‐of‐access nudge may facilitate COVID vaccination uptake …

Infographics on risks associated with COVID-19 and the willingness to get the AstraZeneca vaccine: two randomized online experiments

L Felgendreff, R Siegers, L Otten, C Betsch - BMC Public Health, 2024 - Springer
Background Germans hesitated to get vaccinated with AstraZeneca in the COVID-19
pandemic after reports of blood clots. Methods In two preregistered online experiments with …

Vaccination intention following receipt of vaccine information through interactive simulation vs text among COVID-19 vaccine–hesitant adults during the omicron wave …

O Wegwarth, U Mansmann, F Zepp… - JAMA Network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Hesitancy toward COVID-19 vaccination is a major factor in stagnating uptake
rates and in the risk of health care systems becoming overwhelmed. Objective To compare …

Exploring pre-pandemic patterns of vaccine decision-making with the 5C model: results from representative surveys in 2016 and 2018

S Eitze, L Felgendreff, N Horstkötter, L Seefeld… - BMC Public Health, 2024 - Springer
Background The 5C psychological antecedents of vaccination (Confidence, Complacency,
Constraints, Calculation, and Collective Responsibility) facilitate understanding vaccination …

Explaining seasonality increases perceived effectiveness of influenza vaccination: An experimental study

L Felgendreff, FG Rebitschek… - British Journal of …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Background Doubts regarding vaccine effectiveness may prompt people to decide against a
seasonal influenza vaccination. While fact boxes show the effectiveness in terms of cases …

Cracking Under Pressure? Gender Role Attitudes Toward Maternal Employment During COVID-19 in Germany

M Huebener, N Danzer, A Pape, P Schober… - Feminist …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The COVID-19 pandemic posed unprecedented challenges to gender equality, particularly
affecting working parents due to disruptions in daycare and school operations. It also …

Mixed methods examination of risk perception on vaccination intentions: The perspective of doctor–patient communication

H Zhou, W Zhao, R Ma, Y Zheng, Y Guo, L Wei… - Vaccine, 2024 - Elsevier
Aim From the perspective of doctor–patient communication, this research used multiple
methods combined natural language processing (NLP), a cross-sectional survey and an …

How communicating vaccine benefits and harms in fact boxes affects risk perceptions: Two randomized trials.

L Felgendreff, F Renkewitz, C Betsch - European Journal of Health …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Background: A fact box is a promising tool for benefit-risk communication. This compact
table summarizes the benefits and harms of a health-related intervention and compares the …

Do summaries of evidence enable informed decision-making about COVID-19 and influenza vaccination equitably across more and less disadvantaged groups …

C Ellermann, N Savaskan, FG Rebitschek - BMJ open, 2024 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Evidence summaries on the benefits and harms of treatment options support
informed decisions under controlled conditions. However, few studies have investigated …