A rapid systematic review of public responses to health messages encouraging vaccination against infectious diseases in a pandemic or epidemic

Public health teams need to understand how the public responds to vaccination messages in a pandemic or epidemic to inform successful campaigns encouraging the uptake of new vaccines as they become available. A rapid systematic review was performed by searching PsycINFO, MED-LINE, healthevidence.org, OSF Preprints and PsyArXiv Preprints in May 2020 for studies including at least one health message promoting vaccine uptake of airborne-, droplet-and fomite-spread vi-ruses. Included studies were assessed for quality using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT) or the Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR), and for patient and public involvement (PPI) in the research. Thirty-five articles were included. Most reported messages for seasonal influenza (n = 11; 31%) or H1N1 (n = 11; 31%). Evidence from moderate to high quality studies for improving vaccine uptake included providing information about virus risks and vaccination safety, as well as addressing vaccine misunderstandings, offering vaccination reminders, including vaccination clinic details, and delivering mixed media campaigns across hospitals or communities. Behavioural influences (beliefs and intentions) were improved when: shorter, risk-reducing or relative risk framing messages were used; the benefits of vaccination to society were emphasised; and beliefs about capability and concerns among target populations (e.g., vaccine safety) were addressed. Clear, credible, messages in a language target groups can understand were associated with higher accept-ability. Two studies (6%) described PPI in the research process. Future campaigns should consider the beliefs and information needs of target populations in their design, including ensuring that vaccine eligibility and availability is clear, and messages are accessible. More high quality research is needed to demonstrate the effects of messaging interventions on actual vaccine uptake

The information-seeking experiences of Women's Studies faculty.

This study describes and analyzes the information seeking experiences of active academic researchers in the field of Women's Studies. As virtually nothing has been done to develop an understanding of the experiences which are of most import to these information seekers, an initial exploratory study was appropriate. The population for this study includes faculty who: (1) are formally assigned to a Women's Studies program or who regularly teach therein and (2) are actively engaged in research for which an academic end-product is expected. The triangulation of three qualitative research methods and three different samples was used: (1) in-depth participant observation with the faculty of a research university; (2) in-depth, face-to-face interviews with the faculty of a second research university; (3) and analysis of a national electronic listserv on research and information needs in Women's Studies. The material gathered in these efforts was analyzed using the principles of content analysis according to the constant comparison method. Based on the results of this study further development of electronic resources, general services, and facilities to support the research needs and information seeking of this population have been recommended.Ph.D.Communication and the ArtsEducationHigher educationInformation scienceLibrary scienceSocial SciencesWomen's studiesUniversity of Michigan, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studieshttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/129739/2/9610263.pd

Vexations, Volumes, and Volunteers: Institutionalization and the Veneration of Information at a Small International NGO Committee:

To the Instituto Dois Irmãos, the Two Brothers Foundation, and all of the neighbors and friends who make their and my work possible. Acknowledgements How is it that one can bear one's soul over the course of months and several hundred pages and then encounter such difficulty in producing a few pages of acknowledgements? There are so many names, so many good deeds, so many kind words that deserve mention that I cannot hope to do them all justice. For this I apologize, and I hope that none of those whom I fail to name individually will take offense. Philip Doty calmly, patiently, and skillfully served as my committee chair these seven years; I cannot thank him enough for the insightful comments, food for thought, and occasional reality check he has offered me, not to mention a shoulder to cry on, if, fortunately, only figuratively. Although their personalities are quite different, Joe Straubhaar has played a strikingly similar role, ever since I became his advisee in the Department of Radio-Television-Film in 1998. Joe has also served as the Brazilianist on my committee, someone with whom I could share frustrations and questions that might make little sense to my other committee members or that might perpetuate stereotypes t