Engelsk titel: Concepts about the “measles vaccine” on a Swedish Internet platform
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Författare:
Karvonen, Sara
;
Wedel, Johan
Email: karvonen.sara@gmail.com
Språk: Swe
Antal referenser: 49
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 20020155
Sammanfattning
Online conversations on the Internet may influence parents’ decision-making process regarding vaccination. Therefore, it is essential to understand what
parents discuss and how they are advised about vaccinations in online communities. This qualitative study explores online conversations concerning
the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine among members of a Swedish anti-vaccination community on the social media platform Facebook.
We found that negative, erroneous, and pseudoscientific notions of vaccinations were common and often related to broader understandings of child
health. Members generally overlooked the beneficial societal aspects of the vaccination. To create trust among parents concerning the MMR vaccine,
Swedish healthcare personnel should be given the means and resources to promote the beneficial aspects of the vaccination in relation to parents’ risk
perceptions as well as to scientifically based arguments and understandings.