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

Erwin E. Rotas

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Erwin E. Rotas ¹ ^*

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¹ Teacher I, Division of General Santos City, Department of Education, PHILIPPINES^* Corresponding Author

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.

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

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EUR J ENV PUBLIC HLT, Volume 6, Issue 1, 2022, Article No: em0090

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Rotas EE. Towards National Health Recovery: Call for Intensified Science-based Information Campaigns on Vaccines against COVID-19 in the Philippines. EUR J ENV PUBLIC HLT. 2022;6(1):em0090. https://doi.org/10.21601/ejeph/11262

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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

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Rotas EE. Towards National Health Recovery: Call for Intensified Science-based Information Campaigns on Vaccines against COVID-19 in the Philippines. EUR J ENV PUBLIC HLT. 2022;6(1), em0090. https://doi.org/10.21601/ejeph/11262

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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

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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

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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