Can we convince the unvaccinated to vaccinate: lessons from COVID-19 vaccination
The study highlights the factors that explain intention-behavior gap in vaccination. We identified what explains individuals' intentions to vaccinate and their actual vaccination behavior one year later, as well as the potential to influence vaccine-hesitant individuals to vaccinate and pro-vaccine individuals from actualizing their vaccination intentions. Understanding these factors is essential in developing evidence-based strategic communications, which can help convince individuals to vaccinate and increase the uptake of COVID-19 as well as other adult vaccines.
Authors
- Ramya Pinnamaneni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0949-5794)
- Dhriti Dhawan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3005-7772)
- Ava Kikut (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1805-1020)
- Kasisomayajula Viswanath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4795-5803)
- Rachel McCloud (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0174-2260)
Institutions
- Harvard University (US)
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (US)
- John Snow (United States) (US)
- KIIT University (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-05-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-22911-0
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 15.17
Funders
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
- National Cancer Institute