EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Letter to Editor
Oct 06, 2021 701 714

Towards National Health Recovery: Call for Intensified Science-based Information Campaigns on Vaccines against COVID-19 in the Philippines

Erwin E. Rotas 1 *
1 Teacher I, Division of General Santos City, Department of Education, PHILIPPINES* Corresponding Author
European Journal of Environment and Public Health, 2022, 6(1), em0090, https://doi.org/10.21601/ejeph/11262
Full Text (PDF)

ABSTRACT

Vaccine refusal has been a recurring situation that transpires both in mainstream and social media for over a decade even up to this day. With the goal towards national health recovery, this editorial letter calls for science-based information campaigns on vaccines against COVID-19 in all possible venues. It discusses the background from which the call is grounded, theoretical arguments that explain people’s intention behavior, and the importance of information campaigns. This call hopes to increase COVID-19 vaccine literacy programs and encourage high vaccine acceptance and intention among Filipinos.

KEYWORDS

COVID-19 vaccine science-based information campaigns health recovery vaccine acceptance

CITATION (Harvard)

Rotas, E. E. (2022). Towards National Health Recovery: Call for Intensified Science-based Information Campaigns on Vaccines against COVID-19 in the Philippines. European Journal of Environment and Public Health, 6(1), em0090. https://doi.org/10.21601/ejeph/11262
APA
Rotas, E. E. (2022). Towards National Health Recovery: Call for Intensified Science-based Information Campaigns on Vaccines against COVID-19 in the Philippines. European Journal of Environment and Public Health, 6(1), em0090. https://doi.org/10.21601/ejeph/11262
Vancouver
Rotas EE. Towards National Health Recovery: Call for Intensified Science-based Information Campaigns on Vaccines against COVID-19 in the Philippines. EUROPEAN J ENV PUBLI. 2022;6(1):em0090. https://doi.org/10.21601/ejeph/11262
AMA
Rotas EE. Towards National Health Recovery: Call for Intensified Science-based Information Campaigns on Vaccines against COVID-19 in the Philippines. EUROPEAN J ENV PUBLI. 2022;6(1), em0090. https://doi.org/10.21601/ejeph/11262
Chicago
Rotas, Erwin E.. "Towards National Health Recovery: Call for Intensified Science-based Information Campaigns on Vaccines against COVID-19 in the Philippines". European Journal of Environment and Public Health 2022 6 no. 1 (2022): em0090. https://doi.org/10.21601/ejeph/11262
MLA
Rotas, Erwin E. "Towards National Health Recovery: Call for Intensified Science-based Information Campaigns on Vaccines against COVID-19 in the Philippines". European Journal of Environment and Public Health, vol. 6, no. 1, 2022, em0090. https://doi.org/10.21601/ejeph/11262

REFERENCES

  1. Ager, M. (2021, February 2). Sotto calls for info drive on COVID-19 vaccines amid fake news. Inquirer. Available at: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1391031/sotto-calls-for-COVID-19-vaccines-info-drive-amid-fake-news
  2. American Medical Association (2020, April 7). AMA underscores importance of science, data in COVID-19 fight. Available at: https://www.ama-assn.org/press-center/press-releases/ama-underscores-importance-science-data-COVID-19-fight
  3. Cahapay, M. B. (2021). To get or not to get: Examining the intentions of Philippine teachers to vaccinate against COVID-19. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment. Published online: 22 Apr 2021. https://doi.org/10.1080/10911359.2021.1896409
  4. Corrales, N. and Chiu, P. D. M. (2021, February 12). In Asean, Pinoys least satisfied with gov’t response to COVID-19 crisis. Inquirer. Available at: https://globalnation.inquirer.net/193790/in-asean-pinoys-least-satisfied-with-govt-response-to-COVID-19-crisis
  5. Department of Health (2021). Availability. Available at: https://doh.gov.ph/node/27150
  6. Facchini, G., Margalit, Y. and Nakata, H. (2017, January 09). Countering public opposition to immigration with information campaigns. Available at: https://voxeu.org/article/effectiveness-information-campaigns-countering-public-opposition-immigration
  7. Fishbein, M. and Ajzen, I. (1975). Belief, attitude, intention, and behavior: An introduction to theory and research. Addision-Wesley Reading.
  8. Hermoso, C. (2021, March 9). CBCP calls for more info drive on COVID-19 vaccine. Manila Bulletin. Available at: https://mb.com.ph/2021/03/09/cbcp-calls-for-more-info-drive-on-COVID-19-vaccine/
  9. Kabagani, L. J. (2021, February 12). PDRF, DOH partner in COVID-19, vaccine info drive. Philippine News Agency. Available at: https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1130473
  10. Lalu, G. P. (2021, February 25). 46% of adult Filipinos unwilling to get COVID-19 vaccine; only 19% willing. Available at: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1399844/only-19-of-adult-pinoys-ok-with-getting-COVID-19-vaccines-46-not-willing
  11. Lordan, E. J. and Kwon J. (1995). Effects of a national public service information campaign on crime prevention: Perspectives from social learning and social control theory. Annual Meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, ED 390 104. Available at: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED390104.pdf
  12. Parrocha, A. (2021, January 13). Panelo renews call for COVID-19 vaccine info drive. Philippine News Agency. Available at: https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1127288
  13. Presidential Communications Operation Office (2021, February 4). Andanar joins call to set aside politics, focus on COVID-19 vaccine roll out preparation. Available at: https://pcoo.gov.ph/news_releases/andanar-joins-call-to-set-aside-politics-focus-on-COVID-19-vaccine-roll-out-preparation/
  14. Rice, R. E. and Atkin, C. K. (Eds.) (2012). Public communication campaigns (4th ed.). Sage. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781544308449
  15. Rosenstock, I. M., Stretcher, V. J. and Becker, M. H. (1988). Social learning theory and the health belief model. Health Education Quarterly, 15(2), 175-183. https://doi.org/10.1177/109019818801500203
  16. Solovei, A. and van den Putte, B. (2020). The effects of five public information campaigns: The role of interpersonal communication. Communications, 45(s1), 586-602. https://doi.org/10.1515/commun-2020-2089
  17. Wakefield, M. A., Loken, B. and Hornik, R. C. (2010). Use of mass media campaigns to change health behaviour. Lancet (London, England), 376(9748), 1261-1271. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60809-4
  18. World Health Organization (2009). H1N1. Available at: http://www.who.int/csr/don/2009.09.18/en/index.html
  19. World Health Organization (2020). Behavioral considerations for acceptance and uptake of COVID-19 vaccines: Meeting report. Available at: https://apps.who.int/iris/
  20. Worldometer (2021, March 12). Total number of COVID-19 cases in the Philippines. Available at: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/philippines/

LICENSE

Creative Commons License
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.