UNIONS and campaigners have backed plans for schools to be given access to free teaching materials to help challenge anti-vaccination conspiracy theories.
Critical-thinking tools for school assemblies and lessons have been launched by the Stephen Hawking Foundation to help students discuss their concerns and uncertainties.
Are Vaccines Safe? provides teachers and school leaders with accurate scientific information on a range of frequently asked questions about the Covid-19 vaccination programme.
The Foundation worked with staff at Morpeth School in Tower Hamlets, east London, before working with Queen Mary University of London and the vaccine confidence project at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
Schools programme will challenge Covid jab conspiracy theories among pupils
Are Vaccines Safe? provides teachers and school leaders with accurate, scientific information on a range of frequently asked questions
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Schools will be given access to free teaching materials to help challenge conspiracy theories behind vaccine hesitancy in some communities.
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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
The new resource for schools aims to tackle misinformation and conspiracy theories around vaccines, and educate children about immunisation programmes.
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine’s (LSHTM) Vaccine Confidence Project has worked with the Stephen Hawking Foundation to launch a schools programme to enable children and their families to make informed decisions about vaccinations.
The first in a series of teaching aids published today focusses on the COVID vaccine and tackles head on conspiracy theories that have led to limited uptake in some communities.
Immunisation programmes for children have seen a decline every year since 2013. Teachers and researchers say this is in part caused by confusing information and unfounded conspiracy theories about vaccines.
New free vaccination learning tools for schools lshtm.ac.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lshtm.ac.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.