1A from WAMU on April 27, 2022
By Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, March 18, 2022
Here & Now with Scott Tong, December 6, 2021
Some people can’t help but feel that masking while vaccinated is a regression—especially because this time, there’s no obvious off-ramp.
After the C.D.C. advised masking indoors in areas with high rates of Covid-19, some locales went back under mask mandates. But there was also defiance and hostility.
The New York Times
The shots developed during this pandemic have been stunningly successful—and experts worry that may spell trouble for future vaccine uptake.
As COVID-19 vaccines become available to wider segments of the population, psychological science will play a key role in ensuring everyone can benefit
"When smart phone and ride sharing technology was first introduced, many people were reluctant to adopt it right away, but over time it became more normal and more people started using it. Vaccines are similar," GretchenChapman told Newsweek.
Why would someone decide not to get a vaccine, when it could help them return to a normal life? The reasons are manifold
NPR Morning Edition, Nov 27, 2020
For millions of years we learn what was risky through our own personal experience. Now we are supposed to learn about risks by looking at public health department websites to see how the cases are going up.
Nov 23, 2020
I enjoyed the opportunity talk with Kevin Gavin about trust in the new COVID vaccines. (My section of the interview starts at 10.34).
Scientists are racing to develop a safe, effective, vaccine for COVID-19—but will people be willing to take it when it's available? We already have a flu vaccine, but less than half of Americans get it each year. Gretchen Chapman, PhD, a cognitive psychologist who studies health behavior, discusses why people choose to get vaccinated—or not—and how policymakers can encourage vaccination.
Marketplace, Sept 16, 2020
"[A fine] also communicates to you: “Oh, hey, the governor is really serious about people wearing a mask. Maybe I sort of want to do what the governor wants me to do. Or somehow it raises the specter for me that this is an important public health behavior,'” Chapman said.
Marketplace July 28, 2020
“It’s also hard to get people to recycle, and conserve energy, get vaccinated…. There’s no reason to think that mask wearing would be special.”
From mask wearing to physical distancing, individuals wield a lot of power in how the coronavirus outbreak plays out. Behavioral experts reveal what might be prompting people to act — or not.
Covid-19 Crisis: Gretchen Chapman, PhD on The Psychology of Vaccinations
George Loewenstein & Gretchen Chapman
It’s really hard for people to tell how much risk they’re in
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Carnegie Mellon University, Jan 6, 2020
By William Wan, Washington Post, April 4, 2018
CMU, April 4, 2018
News Medical, Mar 10, 2017
Bionty.com, Mar 13, 2017
NEJM Catalyst Oct 5, 2016
Educational interventions that affirm the safety and efficacy of vaccines are not very successful at increasing vaccination rates. Find out what kind of interventions really do work to encourage immunization.
APS Press Release June 17, 2015
A look at the financial and behavioral nudges that can provide incentives for change
Scientific American, By Dina Fine Maron on
Rutgers University psychology professor Gretchen Chapman studies what nudges push people to get seasonal flu vaccines. Her research has revealed that an effective way is to make it slightly more difficult to opt out of getting flu vaccines rather than to opt in. In one study she found that more individuals will accept a flu vaccination if they receive a message saying a flu shot appointment has already been scheduled (along with information on how to cancel it) than if they are told how to schedule an appointment.
