Public engagement and trust building on social media
Article published on the ASSET website
This editorial introduces the new release of ASSET paper series.
ASSET Project
Why we still need to talk about AIDS
Gender integration in Horizon 2020
Article published on the ASSET website
Gender is considered a main issue in Horizon 2020, the largest ever EU Research and Innovation programme, with €80 billion worth of funding available over seven years. The European Commission has identified seven priority areas of societal challenges, with the goal targeting investment in research in these fields. They are:
Beyond the expert
Compulsory vaccination in healthcare workers
Fake news and hoaxes: are you looking for information or just confirmation?
Can we make science communication more scientific?
Pandemic Legacy: what a game can teach us about pandemics
Democracy and human rights in a Public Health Emergency
Article published on the ASSET website
This editorial introduces the new edition of ASSET paper series.
Engaging citizens in pandemic preparedness and response
Ethical issues in national pandemic influenza plans
Compulsory vaccination and rates of coverage immunisation in Europe
Article published on the ASSET website
High rates of vaccination coverage in childhood are main indicators for public health. However, reaching and maintaining such a target is not always an easy task for public health institutions, and the spread of vaccine refusal and hesitancy is making this even harder.
Engaging citizens in public health decisions: the ASSET citizen consultation
Article published on the ASSET website
Citizens from the eight Countries partner of the ASSET project will gather on September 24th to discuss and express themselves through a public consultation on some of the key topics of the project:
From Science-in-society to Science with and for Society
Zika won’t stop Olympic games
Vaccines: a case history of false balance on TV
Article published on the ASSET website
Until the end, it seemed it could sort out to be a happy-ending story, a demonstration of how new social networks, renown for spreading misinformation, can also correct it, when used properly. But the unfortunately predictable finale showed the opposite: counteracting false ideas about vaccines is not that easy. It will take time, a big deal of patience, communication skills and a good, coordinated strategy as well.
Twitter, tweets and influencers
Article published on the ASSET website
How many ways are there to tell a story and who will do it?
In these months we tried to answer those questions by running an analysis of the most relevant tweets and accounts about some key words, chosen by the editorial board, focused on Zika virus and vaccines.
Using the web to track flu and other infectious diseases
The efficacy of mandatory vaccinations. An ASSET analysis
Oil, cats and social networks: lessons for health authorities
Raising awareness on gender issues in epidemics and pandemics
Article published on the ASSET website
The consideration of sex and gender are not the most obvious issues that come to mind when discussing epidemics and pandemics. However, sex and gender have an important impact on these issues, since barriers to pandemic preparedness and risk behaviour can often be better understood when viewed from a sex and gender perspective.
Vaccines: behind the incomprehension
“Citizen science”: from Science-in-society to Society-in-science
How the public perceives Ebola
Article published on the ASSET website
Communication is not merely a matter of passing information from one person to another. Just as important as the message itself is how the message is formulated, and who are the parties involved. This is particularly true in case of an infectious diseases outbreak, when proper risk communication can really make the difference in terms of number of lives saved.