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Development of Sahabat Vaksin, a Vaccine Knowledge Portal to Support Immunization Willingness and Timeliness in Indonesia
Irawan Y.S.a, Koesoema A.P.a, Soegijoko S.b, Utama D.Q.a, Riyani A.a, Aulia M.N.a
a Indonesian EHealth and Telemedicine Society, Biomedical Engineering Research Group, School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Instut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
b Indonesian EHealth and Telemedicine Society, Institut Teknologi Nasional, Department of Electrical Engineering, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624529070653{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner layout=”boxed”][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1624695412187{border-right-width: 1px !important;border-right-color: #dddddd !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-radius: 1px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Abstract” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]© 2019 IEEE.This paper describes the development of Sahabat Vaksin, a web and mobile platform that aims to support willingness and timeliness in vaccinations in the community through delivery of relevant verifiable information. It is also aimed to help health workers and people of influence in the community increase their competence and confidence in countering anti vaccine narratives. Sahabat Vaksin was developed particularly for Indonesia to help mitigate the effects of anti vaccination narratives in the community. This sentiment has recently been aggravated by misinformation spread through social media and the internet. Most recently, vaccine rejections based on religious misconceptions on the permissibility of certain vaccines has been a key factor. This highlights the need to approach the issue through multiple lenses, going beyond the medical and scientific approaches. Sahabat Vaksin counters anti vaccine narratives through three main stakeholders. First, we equip midwives with adaptive counter messages that will help them deliver information to counter anti-vaccination arguments, touching on both health based as well as religious based counter-arguments, second we provide mothers with short, easy to understand information on vaccination, as well as customized, timely messages based on pregnancy stage or child age and perception towards vaccination, and (iii) we engage local religious leaders and actors to develop and spread their narrative in supporting timely vaccination, including equipping them with appropriate medical and technical knowledge to complement their religious knowledge.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Author keywords” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]Indonesia,Key factors,Knowledge portals,Mobile platform,Social media[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Indexed keywords” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Funding details” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text][{‘$’: ‘*Research supported by Grand Challenges Explorations Grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.’}, {‘$’: ‘The basic idea of Sahabat Vaksin (Vaccine’s best friend) is a mobile application supporting willingness and timeliness to vaccinate, while helping health workers and people of influence in the community increase their competence and confidence in countering anti vaccine narratives. The program is supported by the Grand Challenges Explorations Grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Sahabat Vaksin aims to achieve its goals by (i) Equipping midwives with adaptive counter messages (driven by machine learning) to help clarify misconceptions in anti-vaccination arguments, focusing on both health based as well as religious based counter arguments, (ii) Giving mothers customized, timely messages based on pregnancy stage or child age and perception towards vaccination through USSD messaging and multiple social media channels, and (iii) engaging local religious leaders to develop and spread their narrative in supporting timely vaccination, including equipping them with appropriate medical and technical knowledge.’}][/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”DOI” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]https://doi.org/10.1109/GHTC46095.2019.9033135[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]Widget Plumx[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row]