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The Reliability and Quality of YouTube Videos as a Source of Public Health Information Regarding COVID-19 Vaccination: Cross-sectional Study.

Calvin ChanViknesh SounderajahElisabeth DanielsAmish AcharyaJonathan M ClarkeSeema YalamanchiliPasha NormahaniSheraz Rehan MarkarHutan AshrafianAra Darzi
Published in: JMIR public health and surveillance (2021)
The overall quality and reliability of information on COVID-19 vaccines on YouTube remains poor. Videos produced by educational channels, especially by medical professionals, were higher in quality and reliability than those produced by other sources, including health-related organizations. Collaboration between health-related organizations and established medical and educational YouTube content producers provides an opportunity for the dissemination of high-quality information on COVID-19 vaccination. Such collaboration holds potential as a rapidly implementable public health intervention aiming to engage a wide audience and increase public vaccination awareness and knowledge.
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