Social behavioral change communication - an approach to vaccine hesitancy
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20213824Keywords:
COVID-19, Herd immunity, Vaccine hesitancy, CommunicationAbstract
While the proportion of a population needed to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to achieve herd immunity has not yet been established, addressing COVID-19-related vaccine hesitancy is expected to lead to greater numbers of vaccinated individuals, in turn resulting in fewer COVID-19 cases, reduced infection transmission and fewer deaths. Reasons for vaccine hesitancy are influenced by a spectrum of factors from individual belief system to external sources of information. We need to adopt a multi-pronged approach which involves socio demographic domains to achieve herd immunity.
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