Nature Communications (Dec 2022)
A call for immediate action to increase COVID-19 vaccination uptake to prepare for the third pandemic winter
- Cornelia Betsch,
- Philipp Schmid,
- Pierre Verger,
- Stephan Lewandowsky,
- Anna Soveri,
- Ralph Hertwig,
- Angelo Fasce,
- Dawn Holford,
- Paul De Raeve,
- Arnaud Gagneur,
- Pia Vuolanto,
- Tiago Correia,
- Lara Tavoschi,
- Silvia Declich,
- Maurizio Marceca,
- Athena Linos,
- Pania Karnaki,
- Linda Karlsson,
- Amanda Garrison
Affiliations
- Cornelia Betsch
- University of Erfurt
- Philipp Schmid
- University of Erfurt
- Pierre Verger
- Faculty of Medicine, Southeastern Regional Health Observatory
- Stephan Lewandowsky
- School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol
- Anna Soveri
- University of Turku
- Ralph Hertwig
- Max Planck Institute for Human Development
- Angelo Fasce
- University of Coimbra
- Dawn Holford
- School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol
- Paul De Raeve
- European Federation of Nurses Associations
- Arnaud Gagneur
- Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, University of Sherbrooke
- Pia Vuolanto
- Tampere University
- Tiago Correia
- Global Health and Tropical Medicine, GHTM, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, IHMT, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
- Lara Tavoschi
- Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa
- Silvia Declich
- Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Italian National Institute of Health
- Maurizio Marceca
- Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome
- Athena Linos
- Prolepsis Institute
- Pania Karnaki
- Prolepsis Institute
- Linda Karlsson
- University of Turku
- Amanda Garrison
- Faculty of Medicine, Southeastern Regional Health Observatory
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34995-y
- Journal volume & issue
-
Vol. 13,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 6
Abstract
This Comment piece summarises current challenges regarding routine vaccine uptake in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and provides recommendations on how to increase uptake. To implement these recommendations, the article points to evidence-based resources that can support health-care workers, policy makers and communicators.