Lessons from COVID-19 for behavioural and communication interventions to enhance vaccine uptake

Stephan Lewandowsky^{1

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3}, Philipp Schmid^{4

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6}, Katrine Bach Habersaat⁷, Siff Malue Nielsen⁷, Holly Seale⁸, Cornelia Betsch^{5

6}, Robert Böhm^{9

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11}, Mattis Geiger^{5

6}, Brett Craig⁷, Cass Sunstein¹², Sunita Sah¹³, Noni E MacDonald¹⁴, Eve Dubé¹⁵, Daisy Fancourt¹⁶, Heidi J Larson^{17

18}, Cath Jackson⁷, Alyona Mazhnaya^{19

20}, Mohan Dutta²¹, Konstantinos N Fountoulakis²², Iago Kachkachishvili²³, Anna Soveri²⁴, Marta Caserotti²⁵, Dorottya Őri^{26

27}, Giovanni de Girolamo²⁸, Carmen Rodriguez-Blazquez²⁹, Maria Falcón³⁰, Maria Romay-Barja³¹, Maria João Forjaz³², Sarah Earnshaw Blomquist³³, Emma Appelqvist³³, Anna Temkina³⁴, Andreas Lieberoth³⁵, T S Harvey³⁶, Dawn Holford³⁷, Angelo Fasce³⁸, Pierre Van Damme³⁹, Margie Danchin^{40

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42}

Affiliations

¹ School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. stephan.lewandowsky@bristol.ac.uk.
² Department of Psychology University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany. stephan.lewandowsky@bristol.ac.uk.
³ School of Psychological Science, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA, Australia. stephan.lewandowsky@bristol.ac.uk.
⁴ Centre for Language Studies, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
⁵ Health Communication, Department of Implementation Research, Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.
⁶ Institute for Planetary Health Behaviour, University of Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany.
⁷ WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁸ School of Population Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
⁹ Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
¹⁰ Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
¹¹ Center for Social Data Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
¹² Harvard University, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, USA.
¹³ Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
¹⁴ Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
¹⁵ Department of Anthropology, Laval University, Quebec City, Québec, Canada.
¹⁶ Department of Behavioural Science and Health, University College London, London, UK.
¹⁷ Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
¹⁸ Institute for Health Metrics & Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
¹⁹ WHO Country Office, Mykhaila Hrushevskoho St, 9B, Kyiv, Ukraine.
²⁰ National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Kyiv, Ukraine.
²¹ Center for Culture-centered Approach to Research and Evaluation (CARE), Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
²² School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
²³ Department of Sociology and Social Work, Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia.
²⁴ Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
²⁵ Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
²⁶ Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
²⁷ Department of Mental Health, Heim Pal National Pediatric Institute, Budapest, Hungary.
²⁸ Unit of Epidemiological Psychiatry and Evaluation, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy.
²⁹ Epidemiology National Centre, Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, Spain.
³⁰ University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
³¹ Centro Nacional de Medicina Tropical, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
³² Centro Nacional de Epidemiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
³³ Public Health Agency of Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden.
³⁴ European University at St.Petersburg, St, Petersburg, Russia.
³⁵ Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
³⁶ Department of Anthropology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
³⁷ School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
³⁸ Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
³⁹ Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
⁴⁰ Vaccine Uptake group, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Flemington Road Parkville, Melbourne, Australia.
⁴¹ Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Flemington Road Parkville, Melbourne, Australia.
⁴² Department of General Medicine, Royal Childrens Hospital, Flemington Road Parkville, Melbourne, Australia.

PMID: 39242715
PMCID: PMC11332013
DOI: 10.1038/s44271-023-00036-7

Lessons from COVID-19 for behavioural and communication interventions to enhance vaccine uptake

Stephan Lewandowsky et al. Commun Psychol. 2023.

. 2023 Nov 24;1(1):35.

doi: 10.1038/s44271-023-00036-7.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. stephan.lewandowsky@bristol.ac.uk.
² Department of Psychology University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany. stephan.lewandowsky@bristol.ac.uk.
³ School of Psychological Science, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA, Australia. stephan.lewandowsky@bristol.ac.uk.
⁴ Centre for Language Studies, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
⁵ Health Communication, Department of Implementation Research, Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.
⁶ Institute for Planetary Health Behaviour, University of Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany.
⁷ WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁸ School of Population Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
⁹ Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
¹⁰ Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
¹¹ Center for Social Data Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
¹² Harvard University, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, USA.
¹³ Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
¹⁴ Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
¹⁵ Department of Anthropology, Laval University, Quebec City, Québec, Canada.
¹⁶ Department of Behavioural Science and Health, University College London, London, UK.
¹⁷ Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
¹⁸ Institute for Health Metrics & Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
¹⁹ WHO Country Office, Mykhaila Hrushevskoho St, 9B, Kyiv, Ukraine.
²⁰ National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Kyiv, Ukraine.
²¹ Center for Culture-centered Approach to Research and Evaluation (CARE), Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
²² School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
²³ Department of Sociology and Social Work, Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia.
²⁴ Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
²⁵ Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
²⁶ Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
²⁷ Department of Mental Health, Heim Pal National Pediatric Institute, Budapest, Hungary.
²⁸ Unit of Epidemiological Psychiatry and Evaluation, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy.
²⁹ Epidemiology National Centre, Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, Spain.
³⁰ University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
³¹ Centro Nacional de Medicina Tropical, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
³² Centro Nacional de Epidemiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
³³ Public Health Agency of Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden.
³⁴ European University at St.Petersburg, St, Petersburg, Russia.
³⁵ Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
³⁶ Department of Anthropology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
³⁷ School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
³⁸ Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
³⁹ Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
⁴⁰ Vaccine Uptake group, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Flemington Road Parkville, Melbourne, Australia.
⁴¹ Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Flemington Road Parkville, Melbourne, Australia.
⁴² Department of General Medicine, Royal Childrens Hospital, Flemington Road Parkville, Melbourne, Australia.

PMID: 39242715
PMCID: PMC11332013
DOI: 10.1038/s44271-023-00036-7

Abstract

The Covid pandemic has yielded new insights into psychological vaccine acceptance factors. This knowledge serves as a basis for behavioral and communication interventions that can increase vaccination readiness for other diseases.

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Conflict of interest statement

C.S. is a Special Government Employee (unpaid) at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and serves on the WHO Technical Advisory Group on Behavioral Insights and Sciences for Health (also unpaid). All other authors declare no competing interests.

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