Vaccination hesitancy: fear, trust, and exposure expectancy of an Ebola outbreak

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between vaccination hesitancy and fear, trust, and expectation of a potential imminent and proximate outbreak of Ebola. Our hypothesis is that people engage in self-protective behavior against an infectious disease when they are: fearful about...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gustavo S. Mesch, Kent P. Schwirian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-07-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844019356762