Teaching children about immunization in a digital age.
We believe that public health efforts to address issues of vaccine hesitancy should increase their focus on childhood education. An opportunity exists to create positive, accurate vaccine attitudes through fun and interactive approaches early in life. Leveraging digital technologies may provide a way to deliver these messages to children in a way that complements immune system and immunization education in school curricula. We recommend that public health officials explore and identify the most effective ways to deliver positive digital messages to children in hopes of "inoculating" the next generation against vaccine hesitancy.
a Ottawa Hospital Research Institute , Ottawa , Canada.|b Departments of Medicine , Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa , Ottawa , Canada.
Kumanan
K
Wilson
a Ottawa Hospital Research Institute , Ottawa , Canada.|c Department of Public Health Sciences , Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm , Sweden.
Katherine
K
Atkinson
d Clinical Public Health and Epidemiology , University of Toronto, Dalla Lana School of Public Health , Toronto , Canada.|e Applied Immunization Research , Public Health Ontario , Toronto , Canada.
Natasha
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Crowcroft
D002648:Child; D000067576:Child Health; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization; D063731:Mobile Applications; D010290:Parents; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D014612:Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D018910:Video Games
D014612:Vaccines
children's education; digital technology; immunization; vaccine hesitancy