Evaluating online vaccination imagery: how misleading photos could impact safety
The common incorrect misrepresentation of immunisation injection technique may help "normalise" incorrect vaccine administration and pose an independent risk factor for increasing vaccine errors. Identifying common missteps in visual representations of vaccination could facilitate the development of automated tools to detect misleading content, ultimately promoting safe vaccination practices.
Authors
- Diana Vlasenko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7978-1360)
- Mark Davis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8951-2218)
- Jo Hickman
- Jim Buttery (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9905-2035)
- Xinyi Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7627-8820)
Institutions
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Jiangsu University of Science and Technology (CN)
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Vaccine
- Published
- 2026-03-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2026.128398
- Primary Topic
- Intramuscular injections and effects
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00