Reasons for Taking the COVID-19 Vaccine by US Social Media Users.
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2021-03
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Political and public health leaders promoting COVID-19 vaccination should identify the most relevant criteria driving the vaccination decision. Social media is increasingly used as a source of vaccination data and as a powerful communication tool to increase vaccination. In December 2020, we performed a cross-sectional social media-based survey addressing personal sentiments toward COVID-19 vaccination in the USA. Our primary research objective is to identify socio-demographic characteristics and the reasons for the 1644 survey participants' attitudes regarding vaccination. We present clear evidence that, contrary to the prevailing public perceptions, young audiences using social media have mostly a positive attitude towards COVID-19 vaccination (81.5%). These younger individuals want to protect their families and their relatives (96.7%); they see vaccination as an act of civic responsibility (91.9%) and express strong confidence in their healthcare providers (87.7%). Another critical factor is the younger population's fear of personal COVID-19 infection (88.2%); moreover, the greater the number of children the participants have, the greater is their intent to get the COVID-19 vaccine. These results enable a practical public-messaging pathway to reinforce vaccination campaigns addressing the younger population.
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Benis, Arriel, Abraham Seidmann and Shai Ashkenazi (2021). Reasons for Taking the COVID-19 Vaccine by US Social Media Users. Vaccines, 9(4). p. 315. 10.3390/vaccines9040315 Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/33078.
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Arriel Benis
Dr. Arriel Benis is a researcher and educator working at the intersection of medical informatics, digital health, and artificial intelligence, advancing health systems and biomedical engineering innovation. His work leverages AI, data science, and knowledge management to improve health-related decision-making at the individual, population, and public health levels.
His research focuses on developing data-driven healthcare solutions that enhance patient care, optimize clinical processes, and promote sustainable systems. Dr. Benis has engineered (a) clinical decision support systems with direct patient and healthcare partitioners impact such as ADHD, PTSD, and diabetes patient management and health communication, (b) MIMO -the Medical Informatics and Digital Health Multilingual Ontology- integrating more than 3500 terms and concepts across 30+ languages, actively deployed in healthcare organizations for AI-powered training and international projects support, (c) smart home and smart city health monitoring approach from a One Health viewpoint. Dr. Benis is a pioneer of the One Digital Health framework, which strategically links digital health innovation with environmental monitoring.
His past academic positions include serving as a department head and track director in biomedical and health informatics. He holds various leadership roles in the international medical informatics community, is a fellow of the International Academy for Health Sciences Informatics, and is the Editor-in-Chief of JMIR Medical Informatics. Dr. Benis is committed to training the next generation of innovators in digital health and medical informatics.
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