伴随性疾病和混乱:解决COVID-19疫苗获取和信息挑战
Katie Attwell1,2, Leah Roberts3, Christopher C Blyth4,5,6
1Associate Professor, VaxPol Lab, School of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
Communicable diseases intelligence (2018)
|August 21, 2024
概括
患有慢性疾病的个人很难理解COVID-19疫苗的资格和获取信息. 这凸显了在卫生危机期间需要更清晰的沟通策略.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 免疫政策 免疫政策
- 卫生沟通健康沟通
背景情况:
- 患有慢性和免疫功能受损的个体有较高的风险从冠状病毒疾病2019 (COVID-19) 的严重后果.
- 澳大利亚当局优先为这些人接种疫苗,包括他们在2021年3月22日开始的推广的第1b阶段.
- 快速发展的科学知识和公共卫生建议需要关于疫苗资格的明确沟通.
研究的目的:
- 调查西澳大利亚伴随疾病的个人对COVID-19疫苗资格的理解.
- 确定该人口使用的信息来源.
- 探讨他们对疫苗接种计划的经验.
主要方法:
- 一个混合方法项目,Coronavax,涉及与八名西澳大利亚人进行半结构化的深度访谈,这些人年龄在60岁以下,患有相关的并发病.
- 采访于2022年1月至4月进行,录音,转录,并使用NVivo 20的诱导方法进行分析.
- 政府行动的参与者账户通过面对面和书面通信进行了验证.
主要成果:
- 在西澳大利亚人中发现了大量的获取和信息障碍,这些人患有有关疫苗资格的并发症.
- 普遍缺乏对其在疫苗接种计划中的特定位置的理解.
- 这个群体没有获得足够的信息来导航不断变化的疫苗接种格局及其政策影响.
结论:
- 疫苗知识的快速变化给政府和卫生专业人员带来了沟通挑战.
- 迫切需要制定,试点和评估有效的传播疫苗信息策略.
- 改善沟通对于日常免疫接种和流行病准备都至关重要.
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