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Health Promotion, Health Literacy and Vaccine Hesitancy: The Role of Humanoid Robots.
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- Social robots: a meta-analysis of learning outcomes.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2025Pooled it
- Hospital-Based Robotic Applications in Nursing Practice: A Scoping Review.Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing · 2026Article
- New colleague or gimmick hurdle? A user-centric scoping review of the barriers and facilitators of robots in hospitals.PLOS digital health · 2024Article
- Knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) toward seasonal influenza vaccine among college students under the COVID-19 pandemic in South China.Immunity, inflammation and disease · 2023Article
- Robots in travel clinics: building on tourism's use of technology and robots for infection control during a pandemic.Tropical diseases, travel medicine and vaccines · 2023Review
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Abstract
The use of humanoid robot technologies within global healthcare settings is rapidly evolving; however, the potential of robots in health promotion and health education is not established. The aim of this study was to explore the impact of a social humanoid robot on individuals' knowledge of influenza (flu) prevention and attitudes towards influenza vaccination. A multi-methods approach involving pre and post-test questions and interviews was used. The study was undertaken in a publicly funded tertiary level hospital in northern Queensland, Australia. Of the 995 participants, the majority were visitors (53.07%). The mean age of the participants was 42.25 (SD=19.54) years. Based on the three knowledge questions that were posed at the two-point interactions of participants with the humanoid robot 'Pepper', the results showed that there was a significant difference in the correct responses pre- and post-test regarding the best way to avoid getting the flu (Exact McNemar significance probability <.0001), how long the flu virus can live outside the human body (
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