Dr Dawn Holford
Bacc / BBM, MSc, PhD
Current positions
Senior Research Associate
School of Psychological Science
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Research interests
I am a behavioural science researcher with an interest in the psychology of communication, particularly how people process social and linguistic information when making decisions. My background is in experimental psychology. I am also an advocate for better science communication.
I am part of the Bristol JITSUVAX team, which investigates vaccine confidence among healthcare professionals and the development of jiu-jitsu interventions against misinformation to be used in healthcare professional training.
Publications
Recent publications
13/03/2024Difficulties faced by physicians from four European countries in rebutting anti-vaccination arguments:
BMJ Public Health
Testing psychological inoculation to reduce reactance to vaccine-related communication
Health Communication
The Empathetic Refutational Interview to tackle vaccine misconceptions
Health Psychology
A taxonomy of anti-vaccination arguments from a systematic literature review and text modelling
Nature Human Behaviour
Endorsement of alternative medicine and vaccine hesitancy among physicians: A cross-sectional study in four European countries
Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics