Do superstitious beliefs affect influenza vaccine uptake through shaping health beliefs?

Do superstitious beliefs affect influenza vaccine uptake through shaping health beliefs?

This study examined the impact of superstitious beliefs on influenza vaccine uptake and investigated the role of health beliefs as underlying psychological mechanisms. It is hypothesized that superstitious beliefs predict greater perceived risks in influenza and vaccines, which in turn affect influe...

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Main Authors: Lu, Jiahui, Luo, Meiyin, Yee, Andrew Zi Han, Sheldenkar, Anita, Lau, Jerrald, Lwin, May Oo
Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
Subjects:
Science::Medicine
Influenza
Vaccine Uptake
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143667
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1436672020-09-16T01:28:45Z Do superstitious beliefs affect influenza vaccine uptake through shaping health beliefs? Lu, Jiahui Luo, Meiyin Yee, Andrew Zi Han Sheldenkar, Anita Lau, Jerrald Lwin, May Oo Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information Science::Medicine Influenza Vaccine Uptake This study examined the impact of superstitious beliefs on influenza vaccine uptake and investigated the role of health beliefs as underlying psychological mechanisms. It is hypothesized that superstitious beliefs predict greater perceived risks in influenza and vaccines, which in turn affect influenza vaccine uptake. Ministry of Health (MOH) Accepted version This research is supported by the Singapore Ministry of Health’s Communicable Diseases Public Health Research Grant MOH/CDPHRG/0017/2015. The funder had no involvement in study design, data collection, analysis, interpretation of data, writing of this manuscript or decision to submit for publication. 2020-09-16T01:28:45Z 2020-09-16T01:28:45Z 2019 Journal Article Lu, J., Luo, M., Yee, A. Z. H., Sheldenkar, A., Lau, J., & Lwin, M. O. (2019). Do superstitious beliefs affect influenza vaccine uptake through shaping health beliefs?, Vaccine, 37(8), 1046-1052. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.01.017 1873-2518 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143667 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.01.017 30683509 8 37 1046 1052 en Vaccine © 2019 Elsevier. All rights reserved. This paper was published in Vaccine and is made available with permission of Elsevier. application/pdf
institution Nanyang Technological University
building NTU Library
country Singapore
collection DR-NTU
language English
topic Science::Medicine
Influenza
Vaccine Uptake
spellingShingle Science::Medicine
Influenza
Vaccine Uptake
Lu, Jiahui
Luo, Meiyin
Yee, Andrew Zi Han
Sheldenkar, Anita
Lau, Jerrald
Lwin, May Oo
Do superstitious beliefs affect influenza vaccine uptake through shaping health beliefs?
description This study examined the impact of superstitious beliefs on influenza vaccine uptake and investigated the role of health beliefs as underlying psychological mechanisms. It is hypothesized that superstitious beliefs predict greater perceived risks in influenza and vaccines, which in turn affect influenza vaccine uptake.
author2 Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
author_facet Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
Lu, Jiahui
Luo, Meiyin
Yee, Andrew Zi Han
Sheldenkar, Anita
Lau, Jerrald
Lwin, May Oo
format Article
author Lu, Jiahui
Luo, Meiyin
Yee, Andrew Zi Han
Sheldenkar, Anita
Lau, Jerrald
Lwin, May Oo
author_sort Lu, Jiahui
title Do superstitious beliefs affect influenza vaccine uptake through shaping health beliefs?
title_short Do superstitious beliefs affect influenza vaccine uptake through shaping health beliefs?
title_full Do superstitious beliefs affect influenza vaccine uptake through shaping health beliefs?
title_fullStr Do superstitious beliefs affect influenza vaccine uptake through shaping health beliefs?
title_full_unstemmed Do superstitious beliefs affect influenza vaccine uptake through shaping health beliefs?
title_sort do superstitious beliefs affect influenza vaccine uptake through shaping health beliefs?
publishDate 2020
url https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143667
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