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"Health authorities and others responsible for communicating health information to the public should reflect carefully on the purpose of the information they communicate to the public - whether it is intended primarily to persuade people or to inform them." Much health communication during the COVID-19 pandemic was designed to persuade people to ta

"Few articles have focused on the adolescent perspective although adolescents involvement in the vaccine decision-making process could reinforce their vaccine confidence..."

"...ideations like knowledge (cognitive), beliefs (cognitive), self-efficacy (emotional) and social influence (social) under the cognitive, emotional and social ideational dimensions provide significant insights for SBC [social and behaviour change] programs and policy makers to improve health behaviors around breastfeeding practices..."

"I used to face hatred because my child was diagnosed with HIV, but now things have changed; people in the village have learned that HIV doesnt spread when kids play together." – Mother, Village Thango Khan Bozdar

"...vaccine associations - especially those related to helpfulness/harmfulness - may serve as psychological building blocks for parental vaccine beliefs and behaviors." A movement of parents refusing vaccines for their children has contributed to increasingly large outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) in countries such as the United Sta

Objective: Young people (10–24 years old) with mental health concerns are increasingly presenting to hospital emergency departments (EDs). The purpose of this review was to identify the core components and outcomes of mental health interventions for young people that are initiated in the ED, such that they are delivered in the ED and/or by ED health workers. Methods: Six electronic databases were systematically searched. Primary peer-reviewed qualitative or quantitative studies describing an E...

"...offer insights on the underlying causes of low vaccination coverage in Ukraine and have implications for efforts to promote immunisation in refugee populations..."

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"As researchers and practitioners continue to learn more about the linkages between FP [family planning] and IPV [intimate partner violence] and how to leverage SBC [social and behaviour change] theories and approaches to address them, they must work together to strengthen the case for integration in order to improve health outcomes." Intimate part