Addressing Rumors or Myths and Role in Vaccine Safety Events
This video is part of a package of materials, including other short videos, for health workers, called Interpersonal Communication for Immunization.
The video tells a story about an immunization program which has been going well until a rumor begins that one child in a community far from the capital has become sick after receiving a vaccine. The rumor becomes stronger every day and there is concern that the rumor might make parents concerned about bringing their children for vaccination. Frontline workers (FLWs) go to the house of the sick children and find out from the child’s mother that she never thought her son was sick due to the vaccination he received. The mother agrees to speak to others during a community gathering to explain that her son’s illness was not caused by his vaccination. She also responds to a few questions to reassure other caregivers about the safety and advantages of immunization.
Source: UNICEF
Date of Publication: September 30, 2021
SIMILIAR RESOURCES
Tools
Examples
- Routine Childhood Immunization
- MEDBOX Vaccination and Strategy Toolbox
- Interpersonal Communication for Immunization (IPC-I)
- Behavioural Considerations for Acceptance and Uptake of COVID-19 Vaccines: WHO Technical Advisory Group on Behavioural Insights and Sciences for Health
- Vaccine Hesitancy in Low- and Middle-income Countries: Potential Implications for the COVID-19 Response
- Framework for Decision-making: Implementation of Mass Vaccination Campaigns in the Context of COVID-19
- COVID-19: Can Behavior Insights Address Vaccine Hesitancy and Increase Take-up?
- Catalogue of Interventions Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy
- Conversations to Build Trust in Vaccination: A Training Module for Health Workers
- Vaccine Acceptance is the Next Hurdle