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 Have key events taken place that makes this information out of date?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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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-vaxxer
• 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.