Purpose Vaccines represent one of the most important aspects of pediatric preventive care.
However, parents are increasingly questioning the safety of and need for vaccines, and as a …

Purpose Uncertainty is not always well captured, understood, or modeled properly, and can
bias the robustness of complex relationships, such as the association between the …

We explore the relationship between populist attitudes and conspiratorial beliefs on the
individual level with two studies using American samples. First, we test whether and what …

COVID–19 has not only resulted in nearly two and a half million deaths globally but it has
also spawned a pandemic of misinformation and conspiracies. In this article I examine …

Background Vaccination complacency occurs when perceived risks of vaccine-preventable
diseases are sufficiently low so that vaccination is no longer perceived as a necessary …

Despite measurable benefits of childhood vaccines, mothers with high levels of social
privilege are increasingly refusing some or all vaccines for their children. These mothers are …

Vaccine hesitancy has been on the rise throughout the past two decades, especially in high
income countries where existing pro-vaccination public health communication strategies …

The social sciences are becoming datafied. The questions once considered the domain of
sociologists are now answered by data scientists operating on large datasets and breaking …

Parents who confidently reject vaccines and other forms of medical intervention often seek
out pediatric care, medical treatments, and prescription medications for their children in …

Since licensing in 2006, there has been poor uptake of the HPV vaccine among the targeted
population in the South East Asia Region (SEAR) and Western Pacific Region (WPR). A …