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Community Health Partnerships Key to Combatting Vaccine Misinformation

Experts recommend community health partnerships to combat COVID-19 vaccine misinformation through accurate messaging across multiple channels.

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By Sarai Rodriguez

- UC Riverside Health experts have proposed that community health partnerships can combat the persistent wave of vaccine misinformation, giving public health officials access to greater public messaging assets.

Anti-vaccination activism has been around for as long as vaccines have existed, but with the help of social media, it has become increasingly well-organized and networked.

This activism comes with significant implications for public health, especially on the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a viewpoint piece recently published in The Lancet authored by Richard M. Carpiano, a public policy professor at UC Riverside, and 20 other leading public health experts.