Addressing Key Human Conditions and Suggestions for Combatting COVID-19 Challenges
The discussion highlights key human conditions affecting responses to COVID-19, including health and job insecurities, distrust towards authorities, and the need for teamwork between experts and the public. Suggestions include promoting communication between healthcare professionals and communities for more effective problem-solving approaches.
Download Presentation
Please find below an Image/Link to download the presentation.
The content on the website is provided AS IS for your information and personal use only. It may not be sold, licensed, or shared on other websites without obtaining consent from the author. Download presentation by click this link. If you encounter any issues during the download, it is possible that the publisher has removed the file from their server.
E N D
Presentation Transcript
IAP Global Webinar on Countering Vaccine Hesitancy-2 Discussion (March 23, 2021) By Hak-Soo Kim Fellow, Korean Academy of Science & Technology
The general publics or actor s key human conditions on COVID-19 1. Two competing situational problems: Health insecurity and job insecurity 2. Loss of balance between health and job: Rise of trauma --First stage: Health/Job > 1; second stage: Job/Health > 1
The general publics or actor s key human conditions on COVID-19 3. Low credulity toward politicians and experts: Accumulated -- Perceived conspiracy (e.g., excessive measures to subdue other issues) --Self-constructing of information about solutions (mask, vaccination, relief fund)
The general publics or actor s key human conditions on COVID-19 4. Needed Suggestion: Teamwork between public and expert -- Team communication between family doctor and family --Public team-health service between health professionals and community --Thinking-together exercise, not gap-bridging efforts by experts or politicians
5. References *Hak-Soo Kim (2020). Realizing Interdisciplinarity Among Science, Humanism, and Art: A New Paradigmatic Explication of Community Problem Solving. Asian Communication Research, 17(3): 20-54. *Hak-Soo Kim (2012). Climate Change, Science and Community. Public Understanding of Science, 21(3): 268-285. *Hak-Soo Kim (2007). PEP/IS: A New Model for Communicative Effectiveness of Science. Science Communication, 28(3): 287-313.
