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The crucial role of behavioral sciences in formulating policy decisions has been identified by a large-scale research study involving over 80 collaborators from more than 30 countries, including a Trinity psychologist.The study, published in the jour
### Key messages Vaccine misinformation on social media has strong effects on behaviour, and the evidence base for interventions to reduce these effects is limited, but better approaches to evidence generation are possible, say Kai Ruggeri and colleagues Effective population level vaccination campaigns are fundamental to public health.123 Counter campaigns, which are as old as the first vaccines,4 disrupt uptake and can threaten public health globally.4 In 2019, public health researchers linked increases in measles cases with the proliferation of global anti-vaccine campaigns.5 Some of these ...
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E-Mail As politics grows increasingly polarized, a new global study finds people often exaggerate political differences and negative feelings of those on the opposite side of the political divide, and this misperception can be reduced by informing them of the other side's true feelings. The study replicates earlier research in the United States, finding the phenomenon to be generalizable across 25 countries. The new study was led by Kai Ruggeri, PhD, assistant professor of health policy and management at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, and replicates a 2020 study by Jef...
Study: Political polarization often exaggerated, not as strong as people think By (0) New research suggests people often overestimate political differences and the negative feelings of their political opponents. File Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI | License Photo New research suggests people often overestimate political differences and the negative feelings of their political opponents. File Photo by Leigh Vogel/UPI | License Photo New research suggests people often overestimate political differences and the negative feelings of their political opponents. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | Lice...