A Web Application About Herd Immunity Using Personalized Avatars: Development Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Herd immunity or community immunity refers to the reduced risk of infection among susceptible individuals in a population through the presence and proximity of immune individuals. Recent studies suggest that improving the understanding of community immunity may increase intentions to get vaccinated.

Objective

This study aims to design a web application about community immunity and optimize it based on users' cognitive and emotional responses.

Methods

Our multidisciplinary team developed a web application about community immunity to communicate epidemiological evidence in a personalized way. In our application, people build their own community by creating an avatar representing themselves and 8 other avatars representing people around them, for example, thei

SUBMITTER: Hakim H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7665952 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature