Fake news and fallacies : exploring vaccine hesitancy in South Africa
| dc.contributor.author | Bangalee, Avania | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bangalee, Varsha | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-10-06T07:24:53Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-10-06T07:24:53Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-10 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Historically, vaccine hesitancy (VH) has been a thorn in the side of public health efforts to contain and eradicate infectious diseases. This phenomenon is magnified in light of the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Surveys conducted across South Africa since the outbreak of COVID-19 demonstrate the complexity of factors that contribute towards VH in this population. Amidst the negative press that the COVID-19 vaccine has received, especially across social media, understanding and combatting VH remains important to achieve herd immunity. This article aims to shed light on key factors fuelling COVID-19 VH in South Africa and provides a framework from which to address this problem. | en_US |
| dc.description.department | Medical Virology | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The National Research Foundation of South Africa, the Fogarty International Centre (FIC), National Institutes of Health Common Fund, Office of Strategic Coordination, Office of the Director (NIH CF/OSC/OD), Office of AIDS Research, Office of the Director (OAR/OD/NIH), National Institute of Mental Health of the NIH (NIMH/NIH). | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | https://safpj.co.za/index.php/safpj | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Bangalee, A. & Bangalee, V. Fake news and fallacies: Exploring vaccine hesitancy in South Africa. South African Family Practice 2021;63(1), a5345. https://doi.org/10.4102/safp.v63i1.5345. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2078-6190 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2078-6204 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.other | 10.4102/safp.v63i1.5345 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/87551 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | AOSIS | en_US |
| dc.rights | © 2021. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Vaccines | en_US |
| dc.subject | Public health | en_US |
| dc.subject | Vaccine acceptance | en_US |
| dc.subject | Immunisation | en_US |
| dc.subject | COVID-19 pandemic | en_US |
| dc.subject | Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) | en_US |
| dc.subject | South Africa (SA) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Vaccine hesitancy (VH) | en_US |
| dc.title | Fake news and fallacies : exploring vaccine hesitancy in South Africa | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |