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Parsons, Joanne; Grimley, Catherine; Newby, Katie – Health Education & Behavior, 2022
Background: Pregnant women are at increased risk of complications from flu, but uptake of flu vaccination is below 75% targets. Evidence suggests that changing illness risk appraisals may increase vaccination behaviour. In 2018-2019, researchers, public health specialists, and pregnant women co-designed a short animation targeting (unhelpful)…
Descriptors: Pregnancy, Immunization Programs, Information Dissemination, Animation
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Lorien C. Abroms; Donald Koban; Nandita Krishnan; Melissa Napolitano; Samuel Simmens; Brendan Caskey; Tien-Chin Wu; David A. Broniatowski – Health Education & Behavior, 2024
Background: Vaccine misinformation has been widely spread on social media, but attempts to combat it have not taken advantage of the attributes of social media platforms for health education. Methods: The objective was to test the efficacy of moderated social media discussions about COVID-19 vaccines in private Facebook groups. Unvaccinated U.S.…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Immunization Programs, Social Media
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Kim, Minjin; Lee, Haeok; Kiang, Peter; Aronowitz, Teri; Sheldon, Lisa Kennedy; Shi, Ling; Allison, Jeroan J. – Health Education & Behavior, 2020
Korean American women have substantially greater incidence rates of cervical cancer and the lowest rates of cervical cancer screening in the United States. However, there has been minimal research to promote human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among this population. A pilot randomized controlled trial was conducted to evaluate preliminary…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology