Join this course to receive advanced practical training in the principles of vaccine confidence, including measuring and monitoring vaccine hesitancy, responding to and addressing issues of vaccine confidence, and rebuilding trust.
What you'll study
You’ll cover a wide number of key topics in this course, including:
Contextualising vaccine confidence challenges in the era of artificial intelligence
- Historical perspectives and determinants of vaccine hesitancy
- The role of social media and AI
- Risk perception and rumour psychology in the digital era
Global monitoring of vaccine confidence
- Measuring vaccine confidence through quantitative surveys
- Infectious disease modelling
- Health economic evaluation of vaccine programmes
Communication strategies to build vaccine confidence
- Addressing issues of public confidence
- The role of healthcare professionals in shaping vaccine confidence
- Strategic communication to foster trust in a digital world
- Post-marketing safety and real-world effectiveness of vaccines
Taking action
- Responding to and addressing crises of vaccine confidence
- Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and future opportunities
Who is the course for
The course is mainly designed for public health postgraduate students and professionals in Hong Kong and mainland China.
Course directors
Professor, School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong
Assistant Professor, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine