Shemilt, I;
Hollands, G;
Stansfield, C;
Thomas, J;
(2022)
Debunk, Inform, Avoid? Debunking vaccine-related misinformation: a rapid evidence review.
EPPI Centre, UCL Social Research Institute, UCL Institute of Education: London, UK.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Misinformation about COVID-19 has proliferated in digital and physical environments throughout the pandemic, undermining public health efforts to tackle the virus. Developing effective ways to counter COVID-19 misinformation and its spread has therefore become a key challenge for policymakers, public health practitioners, and communications professionals. OBJECTIVE: To identify, characterise and synthesise accumulating research knowledge about COVID-19 misinformation in order to provide stakeholders with evidence they need to help tackle the spread and impacts of misinformation in COVID-19 and future public health emergencies. KEY COMPONENTS: This project had two components: Living evidence map: An evidence map comprising bibliographic records of published articles reporting empirical research studies on misinformation in COVID-19, organised by topic and other selected study characteristics. From May to December 2022, this map was continuously maintained as a 'living map'. In December 2022, we stopped maintaining this map and published a final archived version. Rapid evidence review: A rapid review of research evidence that aimed to address the following question: For whom and/or under what circumstances is debunking misinformation about vaccines likely to be more effective than either providing accurate information only, or not responding, for: • Reducing people’s vaccine-related misinformation beliefs; • Changing people’s attitudes to vaccines; • Reducing people’s vaccine hesitancy or resistance, or increasing their intentions to be vaccinated; and/or • Increasing people’s uptake of vaccines?
| Type: | Report |
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| Title: | Debunk, Inform, Avoid? Debunking vaccine-related misinformation: a rapid evidence review |
| ISBN-13: | 978-1-911605-40-9 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://eppi.ioe.ac.uk/cms/Default.aspx?tabid=3863 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10171147 |
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