Using health literacy principles to improve understanding of evolving evidence in health emergencies: Optimisation and evaluation of a COVID-19 vaccination risk-benefit calculator
The results showed that simple explanations of complex epidemiological models improve knowledge about COVID-19 and vaccination. This demonstrates how health literacy design principles and short animations can be used to support informed decision making about health emergencies.
Authors
- Ben R. Newell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1898-205X)
- Melody Taba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2954-1092)
- Helen J. Mayfield (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3462-4324)
- Colleen L. Lau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8288-4169)
- Carys Batcup (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1896-533X)
- Amy X. Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5901-718X)
- Michael Anthony Fajardo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1302-009X)
- John Litt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3103-0064)
- Carissa Bonner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4797-6460)
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Sydney Local Health District (AU)
- Finisar (United States) (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Vaccine
- Published
- 2024-09-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.126296
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.17