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The emotional determinants of health: The Lancet-London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Commission

Introducing The Lancet–London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Commission. The Commission will bring the important dimension of emotions to this ecosystem of levers that impact on health decisions and outcomes.

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Lancet-LSHTM Commission into the Emotional Determinants of Health

Overview Various efforts have been made to understand the spectrum of determinants of health outside of traditional clinical and public health frameworks.

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COVID-19 Live Q&A #2 with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Wednesday 25 March at 13.00 GMT – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) experts…

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National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Protection Research Unit in Vaccines and Immunisation

Our research aims to reverse the decline in immunisation coverage in children, increase vaccine uptake in adults and reduce inequalities in the vaccine service.

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The role of emotions in global health

Experts of different disciplines will discuss how emotions can impact our health decision making and how they can fundamentally influence global health outcomes.

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COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and its socio-demographic and emotional determinants: A multi-country cross-sectional study

In this large-scale multi-country study, we explored intent to accept a COVID-19 vaccine and the socio-demographic and emotional determinants of uptake for 17 countries.

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Combatting Vaccine Misinformation in Partnership with YouTube

Overview Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the Vaccine Confidence Project teamed up with YouTube and other health partners to reach people with credible information…

Summary

Date:

March 2020

Topics:
  • Policy Advisory
  • Social, Structural and Emotional Determinants of Health
  • Drivers of and Barriers to Vaccination
  • Region - Global
Authors:
  • Simas, C
  • Horton, R
  • Larson, HJ
Journal:
  • The Lancet

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CDC’s New Autism Webpage Distorts Science and Rejects Decades of Evidence on Vaccine Safety

We are appalled to find that the content on the CDC webpage “Autism and Vaccines” has been changed and distorted, and is now filled with anti-vaccine rhetoric and outright lies about vaccines and autism, writes the Autism Science Foundation.

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Statement by AAP President Susan J. Kressly, MD, FAAP on Changes to CDC’s Website on Autism

There’s no link between vaccines and autism, says The American Academy of Pediatrics. Anyone repeating this harmful myth is misinformed or intentionally trying to mislead parents. We call on the CDC to stop wasting government resources to amplify false claims that sow doubt in routine immunizations.

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The outlook for vaccines is stormy, argues Heidi Larson

An extraordinary effort will be needed to sustain confidence in vaccines, given the unprecedented level of misinformation being propagated about them, even from official sources, writes Heidi J. Larson, Director of the Vaccine Confidence Project.

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