?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Debunk%2C+Inform%2C+Avoid%3F+Debunking+vaccine-related+misinformation%3A+a+rapid+evidence+review&rft.creator=Shemilt%2C+I&rft.creator=Hollands%2C+G&rft.creator=Stansfield%2C+C&rft.creator=Thomas%2C+J&rft.description=BACKGROUND%3A+Misinformation+about+COVID-19+has+proliferated+in+digital+and+physical+environments+throughout+the+pandemic%2C+undermining+public+health+efforts+to+tackle+the+virus.+Developing+effective+ways+to+counter+COVID-19+misinformation+and+its+spread+has+therefore+become+a+key+challenge+for+policymakers%2C+public+health+practitioners%2C+and+communications+professionals.+OBJECTIVE%3A+To+identify%2C+characterise+and+synthesise+accumulating+research+knowledge+about+COVID-19+misinformation+in+order+to+provide+stakeholders+with+evidence+they+need+to+help+tackle+the+spread+and+impacts+of+misinformation+in+COVID-19+and+future+public+health+emergencies.+KEY+COMPONENTS%3A+This+project+had+two+components%3A+Living+evidence+map%3A+An+evidence+map+comprising+bibliographic+records+of+published+articles+reporting+empirical+research+studies+on+misinformation+in+COVID-19%2C+organised+by+topic+and+other+selected+study+characteristics.+From+May+to+December+2022%2C+this+map+was+continuously+maintained+as+a+'living+map'.+In+December+2022%2C+we+stopped+maintaining+this+map+and+published+a+final+archived+version.+Rapid+evidence+review%3A+A+rapid+review+of+research+evidence+that+aimed+to+address+the+following+question%3A+For+whom+and%2For+under+what+circumstances+is+debunking+misinformation+about+vaccines+likely+to+be+more+effective+than+either+providing+accurate+information+only%2C+or+not+responding%2C+for%3A+%E2%80%A2++++Reducing+people%E2%80%99s+vaccine-related+misinformation+beliefs%3B+%E2%80%A2++++Changing+people%E2%80%99s+attitudes+to+vaccines%3B+%E2%80%A2++++Reducing+people%E2%80%99s+vaccine+hesitancy+or+resistance%2C+or+increasing+their+intentions+to+be+vaccinated%3B+and%2For+%E2%80%A2++++Increasing+people%E2%80%99s+uptake+of+vaccines%3F&rft.publisher=EPPI+Centre%2C+UCL+Social+Research+Institute%2C+UCL+Institute+of+Education&rft.date=2022-12-12&rft.type=Report&rft.language=eng&rft.source=++++EPPI+Centre%2C+UCL+Social+Research+Institute%2C+UCL+Institute+of+Education%3A+London%2C+UK.+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10171147%2F1%2FShemilt%2520et%2520al%2520%25282022%2529%2520-%2520EPPICentre%2520Debunking%2520RER_Final%2520Report_Final%2520Version_12-2022.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10171147%2F&rft.rights=open