Published on in Vol 7 (2023)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/41959, first published .
Effects of Prosocial and Hope-Promoting Communication Strategies on COVID-19 Worry and Intentions for Risk-Reducing Behaviors and Vaccination: Experimental Study

Effects of Prosocial and Hope-Promoting Communication Strategies on COVID-19 Worry and Intentions for Risk-Reducing Behaviors and Vaccination: Experimental Study

Effects of Prosocial and Hope-Promoting Communication Strategies on COVID-19 Worry and Intentions for Risk-Reducing Behaviors and Vaccination: Experimental Study

Elizabeth Scharnetzki   1 , PhD ;   Leo Waterston   1 , MA ;   Aaron M Scherer   2 , PhD ;   Alistair Thorpe   3 , PhD ;   Angela Fagerlin   3, 4 , PhD ;   Paul K J Han   1, 5, 6 , MA, MD, MPH

1 Center for Interdisciplinary Population and Health Research, MaineHealth Institute for Research, Portland, ME, United States

2 Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States

3 Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, United States

4 Salt Lake City VA Informatics Decision-Enhancement and Analytic Sciences Center for Innovation, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salk Lake City, UT, United States

5 Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States

6 Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Elizabeth Scharnetzki, PhD
  • Center for Interdisciplinary Population and Health Research
  • MaineHealth Institute for Research
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