Hesitancy towards the COVID-19 vaccine remains high among US population. Now that is available to priority populations, it critical convince those are hesitant take vaccine. Public health communication about as well misinformation on occurs through a variety of different information channels. Some channels more commonly found spread misinformation. Given expansive environment, we sought characterize use media for and determine relationship between channel acceptance. We used quota sampling...

The goal of this study is to explore predictors COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, including socio-demographic factors, comorbidity, risk perception, and experience discrimination, in a sample the U.S. population. We used cross-sectional online survey design, implemented between 13–23 December 2020. was limited respondents residing USA, belonging priority groups for distribution. Responses were received from 2650 individuals (response rate 84%) all 50 states Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam. five...

Understanding the size and composition of state local governmental public health workforce in United States is critical for promoting protecting public. Using pandemic-era data from Public Health Workforce Interests Needs Survey fielded 2017 2021, this study compared intent to leave or retire with actual separations through 2021 among agency staff. We also examined how employee age, region, correlated considered effect on if trends were continue. In our analytic sample, nearly half all...

Objectives During the course of Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, Italy has reported one highest number infections. Nearly ten percent coronavirus infections in occurred healthcare workers. This study aimed to understand physicians' access personal protective equipment (PPE) and information about their use, risk perception strategies adopted prevent contracting infection. Methods We undertook a cross-sectional, online self-reported survey implemented between March 31 April 5 2020...

Vaccine hesitancy (delay in obtaining a vaccine, despite availability) represents significant hurdle to managing the COVID-19 pandemic. is part related prevalence of anti-vaccine misinformation and disinformation, which are spread through social media user-generated content platforms. This study uses qualitative coding methodology identify salient narratives rhetorical styles common COVID-denialist media. It organizes these rhetorics according theme, imagined antagonist, frequency. Most...

Vaccine hesitancy remains an issue in the United States. This study conducted online survey [N = 3,013] using Social Science Research Solution [SSRS] Opinion Panel web panelists, representative of U.S. adults age 18 and older who use internet, with oversample rural-dwelling minority populations between April 8 22, 2021- as vaccine eligibility opened to country. We examined relationship COVID-19 exposure socio-demographics intentions [eager-to-take, wait-and-see, undecided, refuse] among...

Vaccines are the optimal public health strategy to prevent disease, but growing anti-vaccine movement has focused renewed attention on need persuade people increase vaccine uptake. This commentary draws social and behavioral science theory proposes a uptake continuum comprised of five factors: (1) awareness threat; (2) availability vaccine; (3) accessibility (4) affordability (5) acceptability effectively approach this rising challenge.

Abstract Hesitancy towards the COVID-19 vaccine remains high among US population. Now that is available to priority populations, it critical convince those are hesitant take vaccine. Public health communication about as well misinformation on occurs through a variety of different information channels. Some channels more commonly found spread misinformation. Given expansive environment, we sought characterize use media for and determine relationship between channel acceptance. We conducted...

Over the course of COVID-19 pandemic, a variety COVID-19-related misinformation has spread and been amplified online. The can influence beliefs protective actions, including vaccine hesitancy. Belief in is associated with lower vaccination rates higher resistance. Attitudinal inoculation preventative approach to combating disinformation, which leverages power narrative, rhetoric, values, emotion.This study seeks test messages form short video promote resistance against persuasion by...

Importance Immunization programs are only successful when there high rates of acceptance and coverage. While delivering billions COVID 19 doses globally addressing vaccine hesitancy will be one the most significant public health communication efforts ever undertaken. Objective The goal this study is to explore predictors hesitancy, including sociodemographic factors, comorbidity, risk perception, experience discrimination, in a sample U.S. population. Design We used cross sectional online...

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the adverse consequences created by an infodemic, specifically bringing attention to compliance with public health guidance and vaccine uptake. hesitancy is a complex construct that related beliefs, misinformation exposure, perceptions of governmental institutions. This study draws on theoretical models current data infodemic explore association between perceived risk COVID-19, level endorsement, opinions about government response We surveyed sample 2697...

Despite the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccine, global vaccination distribution efforts have thus far had varying levels success. Vaccine hesitancy remains a threat to vaccine uptake. This study has four objectives: (1) describe and compare proportions by country; (2) categorize vaccine-related concerns; (3) rank (4) concerns country status in countries—the United States, Canada, Sweden, Italy. Using Pollfish survey platform, we sampled 1000 respondents Italy 750 States between 21–28 May...

Background As the incidence of Zika infection accelerated in Central and South American countries from November 2015 through April 2016, U.S. public health officials developed vector control risk communication strategies to address mosquito-borne sexual modes transmission. This study reports upon perceptions virus prior domestic transmission, analyzes association socio-economic, political, knowledge factors with population receptivity selected behavioral, environmental, clinical intervention...

Abstract Perceptions of infectious diseases are important predictors whether people engage in disease‐specific preventive behaviors. Having accurate beliefs about a given disease has been found to be necessary condition for engaging appropriate behaviors during an outbreak, while endorsing conspiracy can inhibit Despite their seemingly opposing natures, knowledge and may share some the same psychological motivations, including relationship with perceived risk self‐efficacy (i.e., control)....

Physicians may have an important role to play in promoting boosters as well reducing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, but the relationship between hesitancy and trust medical profession these behaviors has been underexplored. A representative online panel of 1,967 US adults that included oversamples minoritized rural populations were surveyed April 2021 June 2022 regarding their booster status intentions, views profession, levels own doctors, national state/local officials. Eighty percent those...

This study presents the results of a survey 1591 hesitant U.S. essential workers, conducted over Pollfish in December 2020 when they were only group eligible for vaccine, aiming to describe their concerns regarding COVID-19 vaccine safety, effectiveness and distribution policies. We computed frequencies using SAS software each answer, chi-squared statistics Cochran–Armitage trend tests determine how informational needs differ by age, gender, level education, race, source information levels...

Health departments use after-action reports to collect data on their experience in responding actual public health emergencies. To address deficiencies the of such revealed 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic and develop an effective approach learning from emergencies, we sought understand how concept operations a "critical incident registry," commonly used other industries, could be adapted for emergency preparedness. We conducted workshop with researchers practitioners, reviewed literature rare...

As an alternative to standard quality improvement approaches and commonly used after action report/improvement plans, we developed tested a peer assessment approach for learning from singular public health emergencies. In this approach, departments engage peers analyze critical incidents, with the goal of aiding organizational within across emergency preparedness systems. We systematically reviewed literature in area, formed practitioner advisory panel help translate these methods into...

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the adverse consequences created by an infodemic specifically on compliance with public health guidance and vaccine uptake. hesitancy is a complex construct that related to beliefs, misinformation exposure, perceptions of governmental institutions. This study draws theoretical models current data explore association between perceived risk COVID-19, levels endorsement, opinions about government response We surveyed sample 2,697 respondents from US,...

Background The COVID-19 pandemic was accompanied by an “infodemic”–an overwhelming excess of accurate, inaccurate, and uncertain information. social media-based science communication campaign Dear Pandemic established to address the infodemic, in part soliciting submissions from readers online question box. Our study characterized information needs Pandemic’s identifying themes longitudinal trends among box submissions. Methods We conducted a retrospective analysis questions submitted August...

Abstract Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic highlighted the challenges of effective emergency risk communication (ERC) to protect public health, including difficulty in tackling spread inaccurate information. This study aimed understand those and potential solutions by interviewing leading government spokespersons their advisors from around world with experience during large scale emergencies. Interviews were conducted 27 individuals representing governments 19...