Our results indicate that this sort of journalistic fact-checking often fails to reduce misperceptions among ideological or partisan voters.
The first leaflet — focussed on a lack of evidence connecting vaccines and autism — seemed to reduce misperceptions about the link, but it did nothing to affect intentions to vaccinate.
The first issue is whether the two countries could build up mutual trust and reduce misperceptions.
The legislation was introduced to reduce product appeal, increase the effectiveness of health warnings and reduce misperceptions about the harms of smoking.
This successful combination will aid in the reduction of malaria misdiagnosis, decrease treatment costs, reduce misperceptions of therapeutic failures when fever is caused by other diseases, and reduce selection pressure that leads to the development of drug resistance [ 11].
This study examines whether highlighting the medical consensus on vaccine safety can increase public understanding of the scientific consensus, and, in turn, reduce misperceptions about the discredited autism-vaccine link and promote pro-vaccine attitudes, norms, and intentions.
Therefore the two sides need to improve communications at both [the] strategic and public level to reduce misperception and cultivate trust and avoid strategic misjudgment.
Clear understanding of community dynamics prior to deployment of a large-scale campaign and efforts to reduce misperception of favoritism would help minimize the potential disincentives that such perceptions could have on participation.
Results of this study suggest that highlighting the degree of medical consensus about (childhood) vaccine safety is likely to increase public support for vaccines both directly as well as indirectly by reducing influential misperceptions about the vaccine-autism link.
