TY - JOUR T1 - Social trauma as a contributory factor in Filipino's vaccine hesitancy. A1 - Vergara,Raymond John D, PY - 2020/12/14/received PY - 2021/01/13/revised PY - 2021/02/28/accepted PY - 2021/4/11/pubmed PY - 2022/1/6/medline PY - 2021/4/10/entrez KW - COVID-19 KW - public health KW - social trauma KW - vaccine hesitancy SP - e745 EP - e746 JF - Journal of public health (Oxford, England) JO - J Public Health (Oxf) VL - 43 IS - 4 N2 - Despite of the Government's effort to persuade the public to participate in its vaccination program against COVID-19, vaccine hesitancy remains to be a big challenge in the Philippines. While various efforts were undertaken to promote the safety and efficacy of vaccines against COVID-19, it is imperative that the Philippine government considers social traumas as a factor in vaccine hesitancy. This study proposes Judith Herman's stages of trauma recovery as a possible framework that could be utilize by the government in its drive to increase public trust. SN - 1741-3850 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/33837432/Social_trauma_as_a_contributory_factor_in_Filipino's_vaccine_hesitancy_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -