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Study identifies five ways to reduce vaccine hesitancy
A study published in Brazil identifies five strategies to reduce vaccine hesitancy among adults and pregnant women.
It brings together 48 systematic reviews published from 2012 to 2024, covering vaccines for diseases including COVID-19, influenza and HPV.
The strategies are to tailor communication to different groups, counter misinformation, train health workers, make vaccination easier to access and take specific steps for pregnant women.
The study says these measures tend to work better when combined and adapted to the needs of each population.
Some people miss vaccinations because of practical barriers, such as not having time to visit a health clinic, rather than because they refuse vaccines.
Longer opening hours, mobile clinics and vaccination at schools or workplaces are among the ways to make access easier.
The findings were developed in response to a Brazilian Ministry of Health call to help guide public policy.
A study identifies five strategies to reduce vaccine hesitancy: tailored communication, tackling misinformation, training health workers, improving access and targeted action for pregnant women.
The study brings together 48 systematic reviews published from 2012 to 2024.
It covers interventions for adults and pregnant women involving vaccines against Covid, influenza, HPV, hepatitis B, whooping cough and pneumococcus.
The authors say the strategies tend to work better when combined and adapted to each population.
The synthesis was prepared following a public call by Brazil’s Ministry of Health to guide public policies.
- Who
- Researchers who conducted the study, including Ana Paula da Costa Marques.
- What
- The study identifies five strategies to reduce vaccine hesitancy.
- When
- Published on October 12, 2026.
- Where
- In the journal Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde.
- Why
- To guide public policies aimed at reducing vaccine hesitancy.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Each population, each community, will face different barriers to vaccination.
It is much better to prevent misinformation than to deal with it after it has already spread.
The professional should not just wait for the patient to ask about vaccination. They need to assess the vaccination schedule and recommend the indicated vaccines.
The study included 48 systematic reviews published during this period.
The study was published in Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde.
- Systematic reviews
- 48
- Review publication period
- 2012–2024
- Vaccines covered
- Covid, influenza, HPV, hepatitis B, whooping cough and pneumococcus
- Strategies identified
- 5
- Target groups
- Adults and pregnant women
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