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vast majority of reports on vaccination were positive or neutral, with
to measure how well news coverage informs public understanding.
VH was acknowledged as a public health problem, it was generally
coverage of vaccine preventable diseases and vaccination in order
conflated under a broader ‘anti-vaxxer’ discourse, thus obscuring
important distinctions in the views and behaviours of parents as
measles outbreak in Disneyland, California and found that while
The study focused on Canadian media coverage of the 2014-15
VH: a “wicked” risk communication problem examined media
most negative reports coming from blogs or other websites.

they related to vaccines. Three SSHN projects are currently ongoing: Vaccinating pregnant women: why are maternity care providers hesitant investigates and assesses the determinants of Canadian family physicians’, obstetrician-gynaecologists’, nurses’, and midwives’ willingness to recommend and/or administer vaccines to their pregnant patients. Developing and evaluating public health messages to address VH w

Humanities Network (SSHN)

focuses on vaccine acceptance and vaccine hesitancy (VH), linking
and interest in the ethical, legal, and social implications of vaccine
Mapping VH in Canada was designed to provide a contextualized
understanding of VH and its determinants in Canada. The project
social scientists and humanities researchers who have expertise
The Social Sciences and Humanities Network (SSHN)
Social Sciences and

programs. SSHN has completed three projects.

has led to a consensus definition of VH in Canada and has provided an understanding of the extent and impact of VH on Canadian VH in Canadian parents was designed to develop an instrument to measure the prevalence of VH in Canadian parents and to monitor VH online using digital detection tools. The study results demonstrate that although 85% of parents have reported that their child was fully vaccinated, about 25% held
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