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Vaccination and trust - How concerns arise and the role of communication in mitigating crises

WHO. 2017. Vaccination and trust – How concerns arise and the role of communication in mitigating crises.

Target: 
Citizens, Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals
Topic: 
Stakeholders, Vaccination
Tags: 
WHO, Vaccination, trust, communication

Fake news and hoaxes: are you looking for information or just confirmation?

Wednesday, April 5, 2017 - 15:20

In the wake of events such as Brexit, Trump’s election and the rumours about Russian hackers interfering with political events in USA and Europe, post-truth has been chosen by Oxford Dictionaries as the Word of the Year 2016.

Target: 
Citizens, Decision Makers
Topic: 
Media, Social Media, Stakeholders
Tags: 
disinformation, Social media, science and society, Science communication

Science and Society Action Plan

European Commission, 2002. Science and Society Action Plan

Target: 
Citizens, Decision Makers, Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals
Topic: 
Media
Tags: 
European Commission, science, communication, media, science-in-society

Communicating Science Effectively: A Research Agenda

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Communicating Science Effectively: A Research Agenda.

Target: 
Citizens, Decision Makers, Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals
Topic: 
Media
Tags: 
science, communication, media, science-in-society

A short, animated history of humans, germs and pandemics

Monday, March 27, 2017 - 08:55

How many ways are there to communicate science in society today? New and promising communication opportunities are rising fast, thanks to different media: web, social networks, graphic journalism like the webcomic strip dedicated to the potential public health issue represented by Zika during the Olympic Games in Brazil 2016 and even a board game like Pandemic Legacy.

Target: 
Citizens, Healthcare Professionals, School and Education
Topic: 
Epidemiology, Media
Tags: 
communication

Can we make science communication more scientific?

Monday, March 6, 2017 - 15:07

Effective science communication, especially when engaging with genuine two-way discussions with audiences, is quite a complex issue, and far from simple to study. Much of what works and what doesn’t is highly dependent on contingent factors, from what specifically is being communicated, to the social dynamics around the issues, to the political context in which the engagement occurs. This makes deriving general insights and lessons that can be applied across the board particularly challenging.

Target: 
Citizens, Healthcare Professionals, School and Education
Topic: 
Media, Social Media, Stakeholders
Tags: 
communication, science-in-society, science

Immuniser Lyon

In the context of a Europe increasingly hesitant about vaccination, with dropping vaccination coverage, Immuniser Lyon was a French campaign aiming to re-inform the population of the greater Lyon area in centre-east of France, of the proven benefits of vaccination and to incite people of all ages (children, adults, seniors) to be up-to-date with their vaccinations.

Country: 
France
Target: 
Citizens, Decision Makers, Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals
Topic: 
Stakeholders, Vaccination
Tags: 
Vaccine, best practice

European Immunization Week

The fact that some vaccine preventable diseases have disappeared or are very rare following these vaccination programs can lead to parents believing there is no more need to vaccinate. Therefore, it is of huge importance that events like the European Immunization, helping maintain vaccination awareness and giving accurate and understandable information on immunization, exist. In this way, public confidence in immunization is less susceptible to be influenced by groups, websites or campaigns against vaccination. By acknowledging that every child deserves a healthy start in life, countries can use the European Immunization Week to increase awareness of the importance of immunization and to strengthen their immunization systems.

Country: 
Europe WHO Region
Target: 
Citizens, Decision Makers, Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals
Topic: 
Human Rights, Stakeholders, Vaccination
Tags: 
Vaccine, public health, engagement

Towards an extension of mandatory vaccination in Italy?

Monday, February 6, 2017 - 10:44

Immunization rates in Italy are decreasing at a worrying trend: international targets for measles eradication and safety thresholds in childhood vaccination are vanishing. Authorities, doctors and families are concerned that a coverage below 86% for MPR (measles, parotitis and rubella) vaccine can impair herd immunity, putting younger babies, immunocompromised people and not-responders at risk.

Target: 
Citizens, Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals, School and Education
Topic: 
Prevention, Stakeholders, Vaccination
Tags: 
Vaccine, Vaccine hesitancy, Vaccine safety, communication, engagement, public health

Pandemic Legacy: what a game can teach us about pandemics

Thursday, January 12, 2017 - 09:08

Month by month, the diseases spread across the world, cities fall into panic and some of them are even wiped out by virulent outbreaks, while tenacious experts cooperate to find a cure before it’s too late.

Target: 
Citizens, Healthcare Professionals, Industry & Commerce, School and Education
Topic: 
Stakeholders
Tags: 
gamification, outbreak, pandemic, public health, risk communication

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