Combating Vaccine Hesitancy: Teaching the Next Generation to Navigate Through the Post Truth Era
Despite scientific evidence supporting the fact that vaccines are fundamental tools for preventing infectious diseases, a percentage of the population still refuses some or all of them. Vaccine hesitancy has become a widespread issue, and its complexity lies in the great variety of factors that can influence decisions about immunization, which are not just vaccine-related concerns, but also involve personal and societal levels.
Our research group performed an extensive literature review to analyze:
- different age groups, their relation to the problem and their characteristics;
- the most important information (key messages) about immunization that could be used to counteract hesitancy; and
- best approaches to transmit the messages to the target groups.
We propose a long-term approach to overcome vaccine hesitancy that involves the education of children and adolescents on the basics about immunization and critical thinking, using different communication channels.
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May 28, 2021
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