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ECDC Technical Report – Vaccine hesitancy among healthcare workers and their patients in Europe

ECDC. 2015 October. Technical Report – Vaccine hesitancy among healthcare workers and their patients in Europe 

Target: 
Decision Makers, Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals
Topic: 
Stakeholders, Vaccination
Tags: 
ECDC, Vaccine hesitancy, HCWs

Report of the SAGE Working Group on Vaccine Hesitancy

WHO. 2014 Nov 12. Report of the SAGE Working Group on Vaccine Hesitancy.

Target: 
Decision Makers, Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals
Topic: 
Stakeholders, Vaccination
Tags: 
WHO, SAGE, Vaccine hesitancy

Elderly and vaccination

Tuesday, September 19, 2017 - 15:46

Persons over the age of 65 have a higher risk for severe influenza-related complications and have the highest risk of mortality from influenza. Vaccination of older persons have traditionally been the main focus of influenza vaccine policy, and while vaccines are not as efficient in this population as in younger adults, it still remains the most effective public health tool to protect against influenza (WHO 2012). Vaccination recommendations vary slightly between countries in Europe, however almost all cover older people as a specific target group (Endrich et al 2009).

Target: 
Decision Makers, Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals
Topic: 
Gender, Prevention, Stakeholders, Treatment, Vaccination
Tags: 
gender issues, Vaccines, elderly

Pathos, logos and ethos in health communication

Tuesday, September 12, 2017 - 09:10

The debate on how to address the spread of incorrect information about vaccines and science in general, as never before, is affecting the main stakeholders in health and scientific communication.
Current vaccination campaigns aimed to address vaccine hesitancy do not work or do not work enough.

Target: 
Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals
Topic: 
Media, Prevention, Social Media, Stakeholders
Tags: 
public health communication, risk communication, communication strategies

The lure of rationality: Why does the deficit model persist in science communication?

Simis MJ, Madden H, Cacciatore MA, Yeo SK. Public Underst Sci. 2016 May;25(4):400-14.

Target: 
Decision Makers, Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals
Topic: 
Media, Stakeholders
Tags: 
Science communication, deficit model

Debunking in a world of tribes

Zollo F, Bessi A, Del Vicario M, Scala A, Caldarelli G, Shekhtman L, et al. PLoS One. 2017 Jul 24;12(7):e0181821.

Target: 
Decision Makers, Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals
Topic: 
Social Media, Stakeholders
Tags: 
Social media, misinformation spreading, communication strategies, Debunking campaigns, confirmation bias, echo chambers

When Debunking Scientific Myths Fails (and When It Does Not): The Backfire Effect in the Context of Journalistic Coverage and Immediate Judgments as Prevention Strategy

Peter C, Koch T. Science Communication. 2016 Feb 1;38(1):3-25.

Target: 
Decision Makers, Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals
Topic: 
Stakeholders, Vaccination
Tags: 
Debunking campaigns, myths, misinformation, Science communication, backfire effect, immediate judgments

Misinformation lingers in memory: Failure of three pro-vaccination strategies

Pluviano S, Watt C, Della Sala S. PLoS One. 2017 Jul 27;12(7):e0181640.

Target: 
Decision Makers, Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals
Topic: 
Stakeholders, Vaccination
Tags: 
Vaccines misinformation, memory, vaccination campaigns, Vaccine hesitancy, Health communication

Registrations are open for the ASSET final conference

Monday, August 28, 2017 - 08:56

ASSET is close to its conclusion and a concluding conference will be held in Rome, on October 30-31, to present all the main outcomes of the project. This event will take place at the hotel NH Roma Leonardo Da Vinci and will be targeted to a selected audience of EU stakeholders and policy makers. It is conceived as a mobilization and mutual learning event at local, national and international levels on Science in Society related issues in epidemics and pandemics.

Target: 
Decision Makers, Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals, Industry & Commerce
Topic: 
Citizens' Mobilization, Epidemiology, Gender, Human Rights, Local Activities, Media, Microbiology, Mutual Learning, Policy, Prevention, Social Media, Stakeholders, Treatment, Vaccination
Tags: 
Event, science-in-society, pandemic, Preparedness, research

The benefit of the doubt or doubts over benefits? A systematic literature review of perceived risks of vaccines in European populations

Karafillakis E, Larson HJ; ADVANCE consortium. Vaccine. 2017 Jul 28.

Objectives:
The success of vaccination strategies depends in part on population perceptions of benefits and risks of vaccines and related confidence in vaccination. Better knowledge of public concerns about vaccines and what is driving them is needed to inform vaccination strategies and communications. This literature reviewer examined studies on vaccine and vaccination risk perceptions and concerns across European populations.

Target: 
Decision Makers, Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals
Topic: 
Vaccination
Tags: 
Vaccine, Vaccine hesitancy, ​risk perception, Health communication, vaccination campaigns

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