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Developing effective digital communications strategies for driving HPV vaccine uptake in Japan, Korea, and China

Overview

This research applies communication and behavioural theories to comprehensively assess confidence in and acceptance of HPV vaccines in Japan, Korea, and China amongst people who have not received the vaccine, in order to develop effective digital communication strategies to increase uptake.

Methodology

The project employs a suite of mixed-methods data collection and analysis – including a combination of quantitative surveys, experiments, qualitative semi-structured interviews, and social listening data – to examine the target population’s decision-making process. The research also explores the role of healthcare providers in HPV vaccine roll-out, and design effective communication strategies including digital messaging components (messenger, content, platform etc).

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Fact-checking to tackle infodemics and misinformation, with a focus on HPV vaccines

This research aims to develop and evaluate a suite of feasible interventions based on artificial intelligence technologies checking extensions, real-time dashboards, and chatbots – that improve the ability to debunk misinformation, boost self-efficacy in the vaccination decision-making process.

Projects
Driving HPV Vaccination in Brazil

Overview Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is the fourth biggest cause of mortality amongst women in Brazil according to the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) but COVID-19…

Projects
Coalition to Strengthen the HPV Immunisation Community (CHIC)

Overview ​​The global community of practice around HPV vaccination is not formalised to cut across multiple disciplines, and thought leaders from low-…

Summary

Project date:

2021 - present

Countries:
  • Japan
  • South Korea
  • China
Topics:
  • Region - Asia
  • Risk Communications
  • Intervention Design
  • Big Data
  • Drivers of and Barriers to Vaccination
  • Enabling Technologies
  • Qualitative Research
  • Quantitative Research
  • Misinformation
  • HPV
  • Social Media
  • Decision Analysis

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Reports
Written Evidence to the House of Lords Childhood Vaccinations Committee

This submission, from a leading international team of misinformation and public health researchers, sets out the evidence linking misinformation to declining childhood vaccine confidence in the UK.

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Podcasts
Listening to Learn with Heidi J. Larson, PhD

How do we build trust in an era of misinformation, social media, and artificial intelligence? In this episode of Infectious IDeas, NFID CEO Rebecca Alvania, PhD, MA, MPH, and NFID Medical Director Robert H. Hopkins, Jr., MD, talk with Heidi J. Larson, PhD, director of the Vaccine Confidence Project.

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Media and commentary
The surprising truth about trust in science

“There has definitely been a growing number of people who question widely accepted scientific evidence,” says VCP Director Heidi Larson. “We’ve always had dissenters, but it’s been very much more on the fringe,” she says.

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