How misinformation exposure influences vaccine status

Commentary on: Neely SR, Eldredge C, Ersing R, Remington C. Vaccine Hesitancy and Exposure to Misinformation: a Survey Analysis. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Jan;371,:179-187. doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-07171-z. Epub 2021 Oct 20. Implications for practice and research Implementing strategic trustworthy communication that targets misinformation themes counters negative information about vaccines and helps achieve community support for vaccination programmes. Amplifying the presence of health professionals on social media and collaborating with political thought leaders may help to anticipate, identify and offset health-related misinformation. Context Since the emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 in late 2019, there has been an unprecedented global change. Each country took actions to respond to the outbreak including guidance development, surveillance and epidemiology, testing, providing emergency supplies and rapid vaccine development. During this time, governments struggled to keep up with misinformation, conspiracy theories, social media rumours and uncertainty.1 This resulted in misinformation...
Source: Evidence-Based Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: Editor's choice, Health promotion and public health Source Type: research