Information provision

Zoltán Vokó is a professor of epidemiology, a medical specialist in preventive medicine and public health. His research focuses on the epidemiology of non-communicable diseaseeffectiveness of public health interventions, including vaccination and on the health-economic assessment of public health interventions.

Summary

Summary

  • Older adults require a lot of information about vaccines to make informed decisions.
  • They obtain this information from a variety of sources, but they consider HCPs as a trustworthy source.
  • Among HCPs, general practitioners are the primary information source for older adults.
  • Healthcare professionals would like to supplement their traditional training with short, specific information provision in new formats, like podcasts.