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Role of Information Sources in Vaccination Uptake: Insights From a Cross-Sectional Household Survey in Sierra Leone, 2019

Kulkarni, S.; et al. (2022) C1

Global Health Science and Practice February 2022, https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00237 Key Findings: Exposure to vaccination information from faith leaders and health facilities was associated with increased likelihood of vaccination uptake. The significant association between exposure to a greater number of immunization information sources and increased likelihood of vaccination uptake reinforces the need for multiple sources to provide consistent and accurate immunization information to facilitate positive vaccination behavior. Key Implications: Social and behavior change communication interventions may optimize the promotion of immunization services through multiple information sources such as health facilities and community-based assets including faith leaders and lay community health workers. Religion and faith play an important role in how people understand health and make health decisions. In Sierra Leone and other similar settings, interventions to improve uptake of immunization services may be enhanced by proactively engaging faith leaders

Tags: communication, COVID-19, vaccine, vaccine hesitancy, faith actors, religious leaders, community, Immunization,

Source: https://www.ghspjournal.org/content/ghsp

Holding the line: communities as first responders to COVID-19 and emerging health threats

UNAIDS (2022) C_WHO

Tags: hiv, COVID-19, communities, community engagement,

Source: https://www.unaids.org/sites/default/fil

Dossier: Media and Corona

The Arab-European Association for Media and Communication Researchers (2021) CC

This project aims to get some authentic insights on the current status quo of the situation of media in times of Corona in AREACORE partner countries – through short films and through the collection of reports and literature on the issue for the respective countries and regions to research Media and Information Literacy. Corona Crisis 2020 has certainly immediate and long term effects on our media systems, journalism practices and freedom of expression relevant for our research network. This is a living document, so we are updating it constantly

Tags: media, MENA Region, covid-19, communication, risk communication,

Source: https://www.areacore.org/dossier-media-c

Community Engagement through Women’s Self-Help Groups: Leveraging mobile technology for capacity building during COVID-19 lockdown in India

Lok Swasthya SEWA Trust and World Health Organization WHO India (2021) C_WHO

Tags: women and child health, community health, India,

Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/3

Группа риска и COVID-19

CDC CDC (2021) C_CDC

Что вы можете сделать, если вы находитесь в группе повышенного риска развития тяжелой болезни, вызванной COVID-19

Tags: группы риска, COVID-19, рекомендации,

Source: https://www.cdc.gov/immigrantrefugeeheal

What works. Addressing COVID-19 misinformation: Lessons from the frontlines in 100 countries

Internews (2021) CC

A report demonstrating the urgent need to support groups at the local level if COVID-19 misinformation and mistrust is to be tackled effectively.

Tags: misinformation, mythbuster, social media, COVID-19, Analysis, Lessons learned, communication,

Source: https://communityengagementhub.org/wp-co

Rooted in Trust: Rumor Bulletins – Lebanon

Internews (2021) CC

Internews and Maharat collected and analyzed 433 rumors about COVID-19 circulating on social media between January 5, 2021and January 31, 2021. This bulletin highlights community perceptions and criticisms about different topic

Tags: rumors, misinformation, myths, COVID-19, resource platform, channels, media, social media,

Source: https://internews.org/resource/rooted-tr

Rooted in Trust: Rumor Bulletins – Lebanon (Arabic Version)

Internews (2021) CC

Tags: rumors, misinformation, myths, COVID-19, resource platform, channels, media, social media,

Source: https://internews.org/resource/rooted-tr

World Health Organization WHO; IFRC; UNICEF and GOARN (2021) C_WHO

8 February 2021 This document highlights 10 well established Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) principles that have proven their power. Together they put communities at the heart of the roll out of new vaccines, treatments and tests and promote trust, the critical ingredient for all community action. Informed, engaged and empowered communities are the bedrock for the arrival of new vaccines, treatments and tests that will be introduced to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and save lives. With communities fully engaged and actively participating through the full cycle of planning, delivery and assessment for biomedical tools, demand for these tools can be increased, leading to widespread and effective uptake and us

Tags: COVID-19, community, community engagement, risk communication, RCCE,

Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstream

COVID-19 infodemic management: risk communication and community engagement challenges

Open WHO; World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

This infodemic management course applies evidence-based guidance to the COVID-19 pandemic. It covers key risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) principles and illustrates how they can be operationalized in the context of an extended outbreak that affects different populations with varying risk levels. Illustrations from WHO headquarters, regions, and Ministries of Health provide concrete examples of messaging and other communication interventions developed during COVID-19

Tags: infodemic, communication, risk communication, COVID-19, RCCE, misinformation, community engagement, mistrust, social media, acceptance, hesitancy, trusted information,

Source: https://openwho.org/courses/RCCE-COVID-1

	Role of Information Sources in Vaccination Uptake: Insights From a Cross-Sectional Household Survey in Sierra Leone, 2019 Kulkarni, S.; et al. (2022) C1 Open external link (142) Add to my MEDBOX Global Health Science and Practice February 2022, https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00237 Key Findings: Exposure to vaccination information from faith leaders and health facilities was associated with increased likelihood of vaccination uptake. The significant association between exposure to a greater number of immunization information sources and increased likelihood of vaccination uptake reinforces the need for multiple sources to provide consistent and accurate immunization information to facilitate positive vaccination behavior. Key Implications: Social and behavior change communication interventions may optimize the promotion of immunization services through multiple information sources such as health facilities and community-based assets including faith leaders and lay community health workers. Religion and faith play an important role in how people understand health and make health decisions. In Sierra Leone and other similar settings, interventions to improve uptake of immunization services may be enhanced by proactively engaging faith leaders Tags: communication, COVID-19, vaccine, vaccine hesitancy, faith actors, religious leaders, community, Immunization, Source: https://www.ghspjournal.org/content/ghsp
	Holding the line: communities as first responders to COVID-19 and emerging health threats UNAIDS (2022) C_WHO View PDF(18) Download (23) Add to my MEDBOX Tags: hiv, COVID-19, communities, community engagement, Source: https://www.unaids.org/sites/default/fil
	Dossier: Media and Corona The Arab-European Association for Media and Communication Researchers (2021) CC Open external link (227) Add to my MEDBOX This project aims to get some authentic insights on the current status quo of the situation of media in times of Corona in AREACORE partner countries – through short films and through the collection of reports and literature on the issue for the respective countries and regions to research Media and Information Literacy. Corona Crisis 2020 has certainly immediate and long term effects on our media systems, journalism practices and freedom of expression relevant for our research network. This is a living document, so we are updating it constantly Tags: media, MENA Region, covid-19, communication, risk communication, Source: https://www.areacore.org/dossier-media-c
	Community Engagement through Women’s Self-Help Groups: Leveraging mobile technology for capacity building during COVID-19 lockdown in India Lok Swasthya SEWA Trust and World Health Organization WHO India (2021) C_WHO View PDF(21) Download (23) Add to my MEDBOX Tags: women and child health, community health, India, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/3
	Группа риска и COVID-19 CDC CDC (2021) C_CDC View PDF(47) Download (41) Add to my MEDBOX Что вы можете сделать, если вы находитесь в группе повышенного риска развития тяжелой болезни, вызванной COVID-19 Tags: группы риска, COVID-19, рекомендации, Source: https://www.cdc.gov/immigrantrefugeeheal
	What works. Addressing COVID-19 misinformation: Lessons from the frontlines in 100 countries Internews (2021) CC View PDF(14) Download (21) Add to my MEDBOX A report demonstrating the urgent need to support groups at the local level if COVID-19 misinformation and mistrust is to be tackled effectively. Tags: misinformation, mythbuster, social media, COVID-19, Analysis, Lessons learned, communication, Source: https://communityengagementhub.org/wp-co
	Rooted in Trust: Rumor Bulletins – Lebanon Internews (2021) CC View PDF(27) Download (28) Add to my MEDBOX Internews and Maharat collected and analyzed 433 rumors about COVID-19 circulating on social media between January 5, 2021and January 31, 2021. This bulletin highlights community perceptions and criticisms about different topic Tags: rumors, misinformation, myths, COVID-19, resource platform, channels, media, social media, Source: https://internews.org/resource/rooted-tr
	Rooted in Trust: Rumor Bulletins – Lebanon (Arabic Version) Internews (2021) CC View PDF(22) Download (22) Add to my MEDBOX Internews and Maharat collected and analyzed 433 rumors about COVID-19 circulating on social media between January 5, 2021and January 31, 2021. This bulletin highlights community perceptions and criticisms about different topic Tags: rumors, misinformation, myths, COVID-19, resource platform, channels, media, social media, Source: https://internews.org/resource/rooted-tr
	10 steps to community readiness: What countries should do to prepare communities for a COVID-19 vaccine, treatment or new test World Health Organization WHO; IFRC; UNICEF and GOARN (2021) C_WHO View PDF(23) Download (25) Add to my MEDBOX 8 February 2021 This document highlights 10 well established Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) principles that have proven their power. Together they put communities at the heart of the roll out of new vaccines, treatments and tests and promote trust, the critical ingredient for all community action. Informed, engaged and empowered communities are the bedrock for the arrival of new vaccines, treatments and tests that will be introduced to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and save lives. With communities fully engaged and actively participating through the full cycle of planning, delivery and assessment for biomedical tools, demand for these tools can be increased, leading to widespread and effective uptake and us Tags: COVID-19, community, community engagement, risk communication, RCCE, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstream
	COVID-19 infodemic management: risk communication and community engagement challenges Open WHO; World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO Open external link (327) Add to my MEDBOX This infodemic management course applies evidence-based guidance to the COVID-19 pandemic. It covers key risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) principles and illustrates how they can be operationalized in the context of an extended outbreak that affects different populations with varying risk levels. Illustrations from WHO headquarters, regions, and Ministries of Health provide concrete examples of messaging and other communication interventions developed during COVID-19 Tags: infodemic, communication, risk communication, COVID-19, RCCE, misinformation, community engagement, mistrust, social media, acceptance, hesitancy, trusted information, Source: https://openwho.org/courses/RCCE-COVID-1

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