Although most people vaccinate, some groups or individuals delay or refuse vaccines. Episodes of public concerns about vaccines are occurring around the world, with misinformation and rumours spreading quickly and sometimes seriously eroding public confidence in immunisation and ultimately leading to vaccine refusals and disease outbreaks.
This 3.5-day course, developed by the Vaccine Confidence ProjectTM at LSHTM/UAntwerp, will highlight the importance of maintaining and improving vaccine confidence and explore the diversity of concerns and perceptions about vaccines and how they have impacted vaccine uptake across multiple global settings.
Through case studies, we will examine interventions to address different concerns and build public trust, considering risk perceptions, rumour psychology and the role and impact of digital and social media. The course will introduce participants to measures and tools that can be used to assess confidence (from quantitative and qualitative research to media monitoring) to inform strategies that can be implemented to address low or decreasing confidence in vaccination in multiple settings globally.
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