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Clinicians as Trusted Messengers

Wednesday January 25, 2023

The hesitancy to vaccinate children against COVID-19 has become a global public health threat. Research shows that people who are unvaccinated primarily get vaccine information from the internet, friends, and family, while those who are fully vaccinated primarily get information from their own physicians and from national health experts.

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This Untapped Tool Could Help Boost Vaccination Rates

Friday January 28, 2022

The recent failure of workplace vaccine mandates in the Supreme Court means we have to look for fresh ideas to get the last third of Americans vaccinated. Here’s a tool no one has tried: activating the millions of Americans who are vaccinated to influence the choices of those who aren’t.

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Carma Bylund Co-Authors Articles on COVID Vaccine Communication and Cancer Misinformation on Social Media

Friday July 30, 2021

Research recommends that healthcare providers listen actively, use patient-centered communication techniques, respond with empathy to questions and concerns, give a strong recommendation and closing the conversation ensure that the patient can address the issue again.

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Algorithms and Health Misinformation: A Case Study of Vaccine Books on Amazon

Wednesday August 5, 2020

Many technology companies use algorithms to determine what content should be presented to users based on their previous behavior and preferences.  But the technology can create a dangerous feedback loop of reinforcing misinformation: the more you click on a subject, the more recommendations for that subject occur, thus creating the illusion that the more you see something, the more it must be true.

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