If we are lucky, there may be a vaccine available for COVID-19in the next year or so. However, vaccine hesitancy among parents(for their children) as well as among adults (for themselves)exists in the United States which may limit the country's abilityto control the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. As a healthpsychologist, you have been given the job of using a theory ofhealth behavior change to design a multi-level public interventionto increase the rate of COVID-19 vaccine uptake once it has beenfound to be effective. Using one or more theories of healthbehavior change (see Health Behavior Theories in Gurung, Chapter 7and slides from 6/15 and 6/22), please briefly describe 3 behaviorchange strategies that encompass multiple levels includingstrategies that, 1) medical and other social service providers canuse with individual patients/families to get them to get thevaccine and/or vaccinate their children; 2) social strategies,including strategies for changing social norms about the benefitsof getting the vaccine, and 3) structural strategies including easeof obtaining the vaccine such as the availability, price, amount oftime required, etc.
Please be specific regarding which theory (or theories) you areusing and the corresponding strategy. For example, using the Theoryof Planned Behavior, you might focus on changing parental attitudesabout getting the vaccine by creating an instagram posts/videos forparents that focus on the way they value their children'seducation. The video would demonstrate that by getting the vaccine,it will enable their child - and their child's friends - to be ableto attend school in-person.
Describe 3 health behavior strategies and the correspondingtheory of health behavior change for increasing the uptake of thepotential COVID-19 vaccine.
