January 4, 2023 – “I won’t be a guinea pig”: Rethinking public health communication and vaccine hesitancy in the context of COVID-19 “Resistance to novel vaccines under emergency authorization is likely to be even more substantial among parents having to decide about accepting COVID-19 vaccines (and eventually boosters) for their children, particularly in younger age groups. With the authorization by Health Canada of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for children under 5 years of age, addressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy across the age spectrum will continue to challenge public health communication efforts.”

January 4, 2023 – Vaccine hesitancy educational tools for healthcare providers and trainees: A scoping review “This scoping review is the first to comprehensively explore the current scope of peer-reviewed educational interventions for HCPs in addressing vaccine hesitancy that are available. We further complemented this with a context-specific examination of North American grey literature. We summarized the variety of interventions described across multiple disciplines, training levels, clinical settings, and diseases/vaccines. However, the accessibility and generalizability of interventions is somewhat problematic. In particular, it is recognized that patients rely on advice from multiple HCP disciplines in the vaccine decision process, and our review suggests that current educational interventions may not adequately reflect this.”