Identification of optimum combinations of media channels for approaching COVID-19 vaccine unsure and unwilling groups in Japan.
Lancet Reg Health West Pac
; 18: 100330, 2022 Jan.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1559154
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Optimizing media campaigns for those who were unsure or unwilling to take coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines is required urgently to effectively present public health messages aimed at increasing vaccination coverage. We propose a novel framework for selecting tailor-made media channels and their combinations for this task.METHODS:
An online survey was conducted in Japan during February to March, 2021, with 30,053 participants. In addition to their sociodemographic characteristics, it asked the attitude toward vaccination and information sources (i.e., media channels) for COVID-19 issues. Multinomial logic regression was fitted to estimate the combinations of the media channels and their odds ratio (OR) associated with vaccination attitudes.FINDINGS:
The proportion of respondents who were unsure or unwilling to take the vaccination was skewed toward younger generation 58.1% were aged under 35, while 28.1% were 65 years or older. Media channels such as "Non-medical and Non-TV" and "Non-medical and Non-government" were associated with the unsure group OR (95% Confidence intervals, (CI)) = 1.75 (1.62, 1.89) and 1.53 (1.44, 1.62), respectively. In addition, media channels such as "Newspapers or the Novel Coronavirus Expert Meeting", "Medical or Local government", and "Non-TV" were associated with the unwilling group OR (95% CI) were 2.00 (1.47, 2.75), 3.13 (2.58, 3.81), and 2.25 (1.84, 2.77), respectively.INTERPRETATION:
To effectively approach COVID-19 vaccine unsure and unwilling groups, generation-specific online and offline media campaigns should be optimized to the type of vaccine attitude.FUNDING:
Funded by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan (H29-Gantaisaku-ippan-009) and the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) (JP20fk0108535).
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Experimental Studies
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Vaccines
Language:
English
Journal:
Lancet Reg Health West Pac
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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J.lanwpc.2021.100330
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