Vaccine hesitancy is not a new phenomenon, though today it may be more likely to be exacerbated by misinformation, such as that which spreads through social media.
IPPO is pleased to announce the launch of Knowing and Evidencing Monkeypox: A Rapid Policy-Focused Study of Community Organising, Communication, and Vaccine Engagements. This ESRC-funded project sees the International Public Policy Observatory collaborating with colleagues from the Universities of Edinburgh, Bristol, and Manchester, and the UK Health Security Agency to fill previously-identified social science research gaps related to the current outbreak. The project explores community organising and information sharing among men who have sex with men (MSM) in relation to Monkeypox, including the influence of social media and underserved communities. The project...
By Professor Sir Geoff Mulgan, Engagement Lead and Co-Investigator of IPPO and Professor Muiris MacCarthaigh, Policy Engagement Lead for Northern Ireland, with contributions from the wider IPPO team. This paper accompanies a systematic evidence review carried out during 2022 by the EPPI centre for the International Public Policy Observatory (IPPO) on the nature and extent of mental health issues arising during the pandemic and the evidence on the effectiveness of mental health interventions delivered at-scale. This work has been supported by an advisory group chaired by the Mental Health Champion for Northern...
The pandemic triggered an increase in the incidences of mental health problems across the globe. It also revealed a need to identify what mental health service provision, available at population-level, is effective. A population-level problem naturally requires solutions that can be rolled out at scale. Since January 2022, the EPPI-Centre (UCL), which is part of the the International Public Policy Observatory (IPPO) collaboration, has been conducting a systematic review of the most effective, scalable interventions to address anxiety and depression, shown to have surfaced during the COVID-19 pandemic. The policy briefing that...
