Development of a culturally and linguistically sensitive virtual reality educational platform to improve vaccine acceptance within a refugee population: the SHIFA community engagement-public health innovation programme

• Ritu Thamman,
• Samantha Streuli,
• Najla Ibrahim,
• Alia Mohamed,
• Manupriya Sharma,
• Markie Esmailian,
• Ibrahim Sezan,
• Carrie Farrell,
• Mark Sawyer,
• Dan Meyer,
• Khaled El-Maleh,
• Alex Marchetti,
• Alan Lincoln,
• Eric Courchesne,
• Ahmed Sahid,
• Sanjeev P Bhavnani

Affiliations

Ritu Thamman

Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Samantha Streuli

Department of Anthropology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA

Najla Ibrahim

Department of Health and Wellness, Somali Family Service of San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA

Alia Mohamed

Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA

Manupriya Sharma

Department of Physics and Engineering, Palomar College, San Marcos, California, USA

Markie Esmailian

IllumeSense, San Diego, California, USA

Ibrahim Sezan

Distinct Insights, San Diego, California, USA

Carrie Farrell

School of Public Affairs, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA

Mark Sawyer

Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA

Dan Meyer

Department of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA

Khaled El-Maleh

QUALCOMM, San Diego, California, USA

Alex Marchetti

Farmer School of Business, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA

Alan Lincoln

Deparment of Clinical Psychology, Alliant International University-San Diego, San Diego, California, USA

Eric Courchesne

Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA

Ahmed Sahid

Somali Family Service of San Diego, San Diego, California, USA

Sanjeev P Bhavnani

Healthcare Innovation and Practice Transformation Laboratory, Scripps Clinic La Jolla-Genesee Executive Plaza, San Diego, California, USA