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Authors: Regina Madanguit, Felicity Pocklington, Michael Coleman, Sherine Guirguis, and Amel Benzerga
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… ContinuedLearning how trust and confidence play a role in vaccine hesitancy in various contexts.
HOW YOU CAN USE THIS MATERIAL:Read the study to understand what types of trust and confidence are most critical to vaccine acceptance and the role of trust and confidence in the context of a global pandemic and use these learnings to inform approaches to addressing vaccine hesitancy based on your country’s specific context.
… ContinuedAuthors: Leah Ewald and Felicity Pocklington
Seated on the front porch of her house, perched on the side of a mountain in the vibrant green landscape of Yen Bai Province, Vietnam, with the steady sounds of daily life humming in the background, a woman named Cha tells us who she is in her own words.
… ContinuedLearning about 18 strategies that can help increase vaccine uptake.
HOW YOU CAN USE THIS MATERIAL:Consult this resource for ideas on how to overcome a specific known barrier or to start exploring barriers to vaccine uptake within your target population to build your own interventions.
OVERVIEW:While the COVID-19 vaccines have given the world hope that the pandemic’s end is in sight,
… ContinuedLNCT, in partnership with Common Thread, developed two video case studies on vaccine demand in Vietnam. The stories detail the immunization journeys of young mothers in the H’mong community of Yên Bái Province, Cha and Do, through short films to be used for health worker capacity building. Their stories, captured in their own words, show how community engagement strategies can be used effectively to create empathy and build demand for vaccines among vulnerable groups.
… ContinuedExploring strategies for supporting effective communication between health personnel and the general population.
HOW YOU CAN USE THIS MATERIAL:These guidelines provide tools and strategies that health workers can use to support effective communication with the general population that will lead to strengthening, maintaining, or recovering trust in vaccines and immunization programs.
… ContinuedReviewing current guidance for addressing a global infodemic and fostering demand for immunization.
HOW YOU CAN USE THIS MATERIAL:Use the recommended strategies and approaches to develop evidence-based, and well-coordinated national action plans to rapidly counter vaccine misinformation and build demand for vaccination that are informed by social listening.
OVERVIEW:Misinformation threatens the success of vaccination programs across the world.
… ContinuedBuilding your skills around diagnosing barriers to immunization demand.
HOW YOU CAN USE THIS MATERIAL:Apply the skills learned from these online course modules to design user-centered interventions to address vaccine hesitancy and demand generation challenges within your country.
… ContinuedThis blog was written by Sherine Guirguis, Co-Director of Common Thread, and originally appeared on Common Thread’s Medium blog.
Vaccination — a photo by CDC on UnsplashBy Sherine Guirguis, Co-Director of Common Thread
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… ContinuedAuthors: Eka Paatashvili, Gayane Sahakyan (MoH, Armenia), Svetlana Grigoryan (MoH, Armenia)
The recent COVID-19 crisis has shown how social media can be used successfully for community engagement and emotional support, as well as for providing the latest global evidence. Yet, we also see how it can be used as a tool to spread unverified rumors and misinformation about COVID-19,
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