Childhood Health
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Transmission of vaccine-hesitant beliefs among parents is a key predictor of vaccination coverage and disease risk among children
Vanderbilt biologists Nicole Creanza and Kerri-Ann Anderson have developed a new mathematical model, rooted in cultural evolution, that represents vaccine hesitancy as a belief that can influence, but not perfectly predict, whether parents will decide to vaccinate their children. Read MoreJun 20, 2023