New campaign tackles vaccine hesitancy in Baltimore teens

There’s a new campaign in Baltimore from Johns Hopkins University, using hip hop to build vaccine confidence in the city’s youth because Baltimore City is 20 percent below the state average on vaccinations for teens.

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    COVID-19: How to respond to vaccine hesitancy

    Initially hindered by low and inconsistent supplies of COVID-19 vaccines, the South African government is now in a somewhat better position to actively campaign and increase vaccine demand, despite being caught in the midst of a viral ‘infodemic’. This article unpacks what can be done to boost demand for the jab.

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      Video-based messages to reduce COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and nudge uptake

      We show that brief video-based messages of encouragement addressing specific COVID-19 vaccine concerns increase vaccination intentions. Intentions, in turn, predict future vaccine uptake in our data. Our experiment also reveals that increased confidence in COVID-19 vaccines and perceived behavioral control to get vaccinated are the key psychological drivers influencing willingness to get vaccinated.

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        COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: the five Cs to tackle behavioural and sociodemographic factors

        One of the biggest hurdles to COVID-19 vaccinations is hesitancy: a delay in acceptance, or refusal despite availability. We propose five Cs to tackle vaccine hesitancy: Confidence (importance, safety and efficacy of vaccines); Complacency (perception of low risk and low disease severity); Convenience (access issues dependent on the context, time and specific vaccine being offered); Communications (sources of information); and Context (sociodemographic characteristics).

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          How wellness influencers are fueling the anti-vaccine movement

          When the coronavirus vaccines started becoming available and millions of people turned to the Internet to find out more information, many found answers in the wellness groups and networks of influencers that were already a daily part of their social media diet.

          And while large accounts specifically known for spreading anti-vaccine messages can be identified and taken down, it’s harder for TikTok, Twitter, YouTube and Facebook (which owns Instagram) to police tens of thousands of smaller accounts that might mix in one or two anti-vaccine messages among their normal wellness posts.

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            Don’t make a vaccine center a spot for spreading COVID-19

            This poster the public to follow the public health guidelines at vaccine centers in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

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              Who should or should not be vaccinated for COVID-19

              These posters explain who should and should not be vaccinated for COVID-19.

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                Where to fill the vaccine registration form for the first dose

                This poster explains where to fill out the vaccine registration form for the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

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                  COVID-19-Related Misinformation on Social Media: A Systematic Review

                  This review focuses on misinformation that appeared early in the pandemic. During this phase, little was known about the virus, such as how it spread or how infected people could be treated most effectively.

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                    Double Masking for COVID-19

                    This easy to understand infographic emphasizes on the use of double mask and its importance. The infographic is developed my Angshuman Kashyap who is a public health communication professional and an artist who creates and shares easy to understand health infographics on his social media pages (Instagram: @angshumankas).

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