Campaign for Vaccine Acceptance
This guide contains both searchable and specific resources that focus on vaccine acceptance in the United States. Since this topic has multiple layers/contexts and is evolving daily, keep in mind the following concepts to help you evaluate the information you find.
- Current vs Historical - How has current information changed? Have key events taken place that makes this information out of date? What can we learn from historical debates around vaccine acceptance and vaccine testing?
- Author - Who is creating this information? Does their background or credentials lend credibility to their arguments?
- News vs Research-Based information - What source type are you using? Is this primary research or reporting? Does the source you are using match the argument you are trying to make?
- Polling - Where is this polling coming from? Who is in the sample population? How does this polling compare with previous polls? Are there any visible trends?
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Search Tips
While this guide lists some possible resources to use, there are a number databases in this guide that require searching. Here are some helpful keywords:
- vaccine acceptance
- vaccine hesitancy
- vaccine confidence
- vaccine skeptic
- anti-vax
- COVID-19 vaccine
Remember to use quotations "" for specific phrases and to also use * to truncate words. For example, search hesitan* will give results for both hesitant and hesitancy.
