Conspiracy narratives and vaccine hesitancy: a scoping review of prevalence, impact, and interventions

• Main Authors: Frederike Taubert (Author), Georg Meyer-Hoeven (Author), Philipp Schmid (Author), Pia Gerdes (Author), Cornelia Betsch (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Believing conspiracy narratives is frequently assumed to be a major cause of vaccine hesitancy, i.e., the tendency to forgo vaccination despite its availability. In this scoping review, we synthesise and critically evaluate studies that assess i) the occurrence of vaccine-related conspiracy...