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| Personal Name | Jequinto, Paul Martin P. |
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| Resource Title | From Information to Immunization: The Information Processes and Practices of COVID-19 Vaccination Implementers and Receivers in a Philippine Local Government Unit |
| Date Issued | 22 June 2022 |
| Abstract | This study sought to a) characterize the information practices and processes of COVID-19 vaccination implementers and receivers in a Philippine Local Government Unit (LGU), b) determine the perceptions and experiences of COVID-19 vaccination implementers and receivers, and c) identify the barriers faced by COVID-19 vaccination implementers and receivers. This study focuses on the grassroots execution of the COVID-19 vaccination in Las Piñas City, an LGU in the National Capital Region (NCR). This is a descriptive research with data gathered using a semi-structured interview for vaccine implementers and a survey for vaccine receivers, Findings indicate that COVID-19 vaccination implementers have various practices and processes in handling information before, during, and after vaccination. The implementers do the following to increase vaccination: conduct public health education and promotion mainly through social media, form partnerships with public and private organizations through advocacy meetings, open hotline and different information channels, and use hybrid strategies. They administer the vaccine in six (6) steps using the DOH forms and guidelines, with the aid of third-party party information system. In the post-vaccination phase, they generate and send daily reports to the national database for accomplishment. Despite the negative feedback on social media the vaccine implementers maintain a tolerable attitude and adjust to people's level of understanding especially toward aggressive and demanding ones. The barriers to the implementation include: a) pandemic, people, and poverty, b) hardware, software, and connection issues, c) limited budget, and d) proliferation of disinformation. Survey results from the vaccine receivers reveal their information sources, information evaluation, ways to increase information awareness, personal experiences, challenges in information access, beliefs, and reasons. Receivers perceive health professionals as a highly reliable, very useful, and frequently used source of vaccination information, while Twitter is the least reliable, least useful, and rarely used. Meanwhile, receivers exhibit positive information literacy, have had pleasant experiences, and suggest more visibility in social media to increase vaccination awareness. Their main challenge in information access is inadequacy and unavailability of information on websites and social media. Lastly, they have a favorable outlook towards vaccination. It can be said that online exchange of information and digitalization of processes are one of the key aspects of COVID-19 vaccination information dissemination and access. |
| Degree Course | Bachelor of Library and Information Science |
| Language | English; Filipino |
| Keyword | barriers; COVID-19 vaccination; implementers; information practices; information processes; mass vaccination; personal experiences; receivers; vaccines |
| Material Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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