{"id":22359,"date":"2023-03-30T09:32:04","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T07:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idibell.cat\/en\/?p=22359"},"modified":"2023-03-30T09:32:37","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T07:32:37","slug":"vacunaccio-once-again-challenges-students-to-get-vaccinated-against-misinformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idibell.cat\/en\/2023\/03\/vacunaccio-once-again-challenges-students-to-get-vaccinated-against-misinformation\/","title":{"rendered":"VacunAcci\u00f3 once again challenges students to get vaccinated against misinformation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hand in hand with a good number of researchers from the IDIBELL and ICO Infections and Cancer research group<\/strong>, and coordinated by the Communication Unit, VacunAcci\u00f3<\/em> has returned to the classroom. For the third year, the educational project has challenged students to fight against misinformation and fake news, and learn more about what vaccines are, how they are obtained, what group immunity is, how vaccination schedules work, where we can find reliable information and how the anti-vaccine movements have negatively impacted global health.<\/p>\n

This 2022\/23 academic year, the activity has been carried out, over two months, with 1st year Baccalaureate students from the Escola Pia of Igualada<\/strong>. During this period, three work sessions, dialogues and gamified dynamics have been organized with the involvement of researchers Raquel Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez, Beatriz Serrano, Laura Asensio, Maryam Choulli, Joan Valls and Ginesa Albero.<\/p>\n

The final works resulting from the project, consisting of campaigns to raise awareness about the benefits of vaccination and to counter fake news and anti-vaccine movements, have focused on various age groups of the population and have proposed different channels for disseminating messages . This year, the students have created a radio spot for mothers and fathers of children of vaccination age, a TikTok video against false messages, an informative illustrated poster for hospital waiting rooms and CAPs, and some cartoons about the action of vaccines for primary school students. After working on them as a team, the students have presented them in public during the final session of VacunAcci\u00f3<\/em>.<\/p>\n

As a whole, the activity has been based on project-based learning<\/strong> and has sought, ultimately, to enhance the critical spirit of the students<\/strong> and equip them with tools that allow them to differentiate between alarmist, conspiracy or “alternative” messages, which defend ideas that have not been proven, and facts and evidence on the efficacy of vaccines. In this way, the aim has been to contribute to training citizens with their own criteria<\/strong>, capable of identifying and refuting messages without scientific foundation.<\/p>\n

VacunAcci\u00f3<\/em> is organized within the framework of the Escolab program<\/strong> of the Barcelona City Council. The educational project is structured in a series of activities based on reflection and discovery<\/strong>, the autonomous work<\/strong> of the students, the formation of groups of experts for debate<\/strong>, the design of a study<\/strong> to find out if their immediate environment has a negative perception of vaccines and their effects, the acquisition of tools to search for reliable information<\/strong> and, finally, the elaboration of a clear and defined final product with a direct impact on the society<\/strong> to which they belong: an awareness campaign<\/strong> against anti-vaccination movements, or in favor of vaccines.<\/p>\n

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