1st Edition
Antivaccination and Vaccine Hesitancy A Professional Guide to Foster Trust and Tackle Misinformation
1. Understanding Vaccination and Antivaccination
2. Why Do People Have Vaccine Hesitancy?
3. Suspicious Hesitancy: Distrust and Confidence
4. Questioning Safety: Danger and Persuasion
5. Starting Strong: General Guidelines for Vaccine Advocacy
6. Better Advocacy: Debunking and Sticky Facts
Biography
Thomas Aechtner is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Queensland. As a Westpac Research Fellow alumnus, and a recipient of UQ’s Foundation Research Excellence Award, his research examines vaccine hesitancy, antievolutionism, religion-science conflict, media persuasion, and public perceptions of science. He holds a doctorate from the University of Oxford, an MA from the University of Calgary, and a BSc in Biological Sciences from the University of Alberta.
