Impacts
- Despite the health impact of Hendra virus disease on horses and
people, there are no evidence-based communication interventions to
promote HeVD vaccine uptake for horses in Australia.
- Using the World Health Organization’s Behavioural and Social Drivers
(BeSD) framework for childhood vaccine uptake, we demonstrated
similarities between horse owners’ and parents’ drivers to vaccinate
against HeVD and childhood diseases, respectively.
- A modified BeSD framework could be developed to inform the design and
evaluation of communication interventions to promote HeVD vaccine
uptake, to move from a problems-focused to a solutions-focused
approach to reduce the risk of HeVD for humans and horses.