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ArticleVaccines2023

Megastudies: A New Approach to Reducing Vaccine Hesitation Worldwide.

Lian Yu, Jiaqi Qiao, Wai-Kit Ming, Yibo Wu

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Article in Vaccines, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Lian YuHealth Care System Reform and Development Institute, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China.
Jiaqi QiaoJinhe Center for Economic Research, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6838-3410
Wai-Kit MingDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8846-7515
Yibo WuSchool of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9607-313X

Funding

Social Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province 2022F011
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vaccine hesitancy is a considerable obstacle to achieving vaccine protection worldwide. There needs to be more evidence-based research for interventions for vaccine hesitancy. Existing effectiveness evaluations are limited to one particular hypothesis, and no studies have compared the effectiveness of different interventions. A megastudy takes a large-scale, multi-intervention, uniform participant and the same evaluation criteria approach to evaluate many interventions simultaneously and find the most effective ones. Therefore, megastudies can help us find the most effective interventions for vaccine hesitancy. Additionally, considering the complex causes of vaccine hesitancy, we design interventions that involve social factors in megastudies. Lastly, quality control and justice are critical issues for megastudies in the future.

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justicemegastudiesquality controlRCTssocial factorsvaccine hesitation

Identifiers

PMID36679978
PMCPMC9865671

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