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General References

Paul, B., & Headley-Johnson, S.-A. (2025). The impact of social media on health behaviors: A systematic review. Healthcare, 13(21), 2763. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13212763



Powell, J., & Pring, T. (2024). The impact of social media influencers on health outcomes: Systematic review. Social Science & Medicine, 340, 116472. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.



116472 Kent, R. (2024). (In)visibility of health and illness: Instagram as an unregulated public health platform. Anthropology & Medicine, 31(3), 297–312. https://doi.org/10.1080/13648470.2024.2386887



Devereaux, C., & McGrew, G. (2021). The effects of Instagram’s fitspiration on the health and well-being of women. Inquiry Journal, 13. https://scholars.unh.edu/inquiry_2021/13/

Vaccine Related References

American Academy of Pediatrics. (2023).

Strategies for improving vaccine communication and uptake. Pediatrics, 153(3), e2023065483. https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/153/3/e2023065483/196695


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2024).

Vaccinate with confidence: Strategies to protect communities. https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/partners/vaccinate-with-confidence.html


World Health Organization. (2022).

Behavioural considerations for acceptance and uptake of COVID-19 vaccines: WHO technical report. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240016927


Whitehead, H. S., French, C. E., Caldwell, D. M., Letley, L., & Mounier-Jack, S. (2023).

A systematic review of communication interventions for countering vaccine misinformation. Vaccine, 41(5), 1018-1034. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.12.059


University of Nebraska Medical Center Global Center for Health Security.

(2025, August 13). Kennedy’s case against mRNA vaccines collapses under his own evidence. The Transmission. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9829031/?


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2024, August 10).

How vaccines are developed and approved for use. https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/basics/how-developed-approved.html


Paulsen, L., Benz, L., Müller, C., Wallmann-Sperlich, B., & Bucksch, J. (

2023). Personal determinants of change agents’ decision-making behavior in community health promotion: A qualitative study. BMC Public Health, 23, 1731. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16590-y