Study 4

Objectives

Aim to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a Web-based psychoeducation programme to address Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy, ‘AI-driven Vaccine Communicator智能疫苗助理’ (including educational materials, animations of vaccine research and development, and an MI communication skills-based AI digital assistant).

Our goal is to standardize our intervention so that it can serve as an effective toolkit for clinicians/healthcare providers to increase Hong Kong residents’ motivation to vaccinate and to ensure that the programme can be adapted to viral mutations and newly developed vaccines in the medium/long term.

Features

To gain an in-depth understanding of the public’s perceptions of/concerns regarding Covid-19 vaccines across different ethnic and socio-economic groups and develop the Web-based psychoeducation programme ‘AI-driven Vaccine Communicator’.
To conduct a randomised controlled trial to test the effectiveness of the ‘AI-driven Vaccine Communicator’ among members of Hong Kong’s population who are hesitant about Covid-19 vaccines.
To perform a pragmatic service evaluation of the ‘AI-driven Vaccine Communicator’ and its long-term significance in response to future mutations of the virus causing Covid-19 and the expansion of the vaccination priority groups.

Target Population

Our target population will be Hong Kong residents aged ≥18 who show hesitancy toward Covid-19 vaccines.

Participants will be defined as covid-19 vaccine-hesitant if they meet one of the following conditions:

no plan for a date to receive the available Covid-19 vaccines either 1st, 2nd, or 3rd dose, or
completed three doses of covid-19 vaccines not based on their willingness and are hesitant for future 4th or regular vaccines.

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Contact Us

Dr. Li Yan

Principal Investigator, School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Tel: 2766 6388

Email: yan-nursing.li@polyu.edu.hk

Miss Lee Kit Ching

Research assistant, School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Tel: 3400 3792

Email: kchinlee@polyu.edu.hk

Mr. Law Ka Kit

Research assistant, School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Email: ka-kit.law@polyu.edu.hk

Ms. Wendy Tang

Research assistant, School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Email: wendy-wen.tang@polyu.edu.hk

Project Outcomes

Study 4

[AI-driven Vaccine Communicator]: The Impact of a Web-based Psychoeducation Programme with a Motivational AI-based Digital Assistant on Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Hong Kong’s Population

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