Overcoming Communication Barriers in Covid-19 Vaccination Drive

This article discusses the challenges and barriers faced by people in the Covid-19 vaccination drive and effective strategies to overcome them. It covers physical, emotional, informational, attitudinal, and cultural barriers and suggests ways to overcome them. The article also emphasizes the importance of getting vaccinated and provides information on vaccination centres and booking slots.

Business
Communication

Table of Contents
Leaflet..............................................................................................................................................3
Common challenges and barriers to effective communication...................................................4
Effective strategies for overcoming communication barriers. ...................................................4
REFERENCES:...............................................................................................................................6
Books and Journals.....................................................................................................................6

Leaflet
CHALLENGE
S
Physical barriers:
Vaccination centres are far
away and have long lines.
Informational
barriers:
Negative information is
being spread
Emotional Barriers:
People are scared about
taking vaccine
Attitudinal Barrier:
The people think
that there is no need
of getting
vaccinated
Cultural Barriers:
Some people are
unable to understand
the process of
vaccination.

Ways to
overcome
barriers in
Covid-19
vaccination
Physical strategies:
More vaccination
centres are available
Information strategies:
Right information is
being spread through
various mediums.
Attitudinal
strategies:
Formulation of laws
and restrictions
being imposed.
Cultural
strategies:
Helpful volunteers
at the vaccination
centres.
Emotional strategies:
The benefits of
vaccination are told
to people

Common challenges and barriers to effective communication
There are certain challenges that are being faced by people. There is need to identify all
the challenges and make effective strategies to overcome them (Zehrer and Lei, 2020). It is seen
that people are not wholly aware about the vaccination process. The issues identified by
Government are as follows:
 Physical barriers: It is one of the major barrier. People are not aware about the
vaccination centres and they are far away from their home (Choe and et.al., 2019). It is
seen that they have to stand in the lines waiting for their own turn to get vaccinated.
 Emotional barriers: According to this barrier, people have fear of getting ill after they
get vaccination. It is seen that they are not ready to come in contact with so many people
because they are scared (Kapur, 2018). They are also not sure that the vaccine will boost
their immune system or not.
 Information barriers: There is lack of awareness among people regarding the process of
vaccination. It is seen that most of the people are not even aware about the use and
importance of the vaccination drive. Along with that there is negative publicity being
observed by people that is shown by media.
 Attitudinal barriers: Every person has different attitude and due to this reason they do
not want to take their vaccine (Clarke, Jaffe, and Mutch, 2019). They feel like there is no
issue like Covid-19 and there is no requirement of getting vaccinated.
 Cultural barriers: It is necessary to note that the cultural barrier is also a barrier for the
vaccination drive. It is being examined that the method of applying for the vaccination
and all the information is being provided in English (Lovari and Bowen, 2020. They are
conscious that they will not understand the formalities and this also stop them to get
vaccinated.
Effective strategies for overcoming communication barriers.
There are some strategies that are being formulated by government so that all the barriers
can be overcome and all the people are vaccinated. They are discussed below:
 Government has allotted various place as vaccination centres and enhances the rate of
vaccinating people. The centres are near to the home of people so that they are able to
reach them easily and the slot can be booked to avoid the crowd at the centre.

 The spread of positive information is done by government through various mediums so
that people are able to get the right information.
 They are made emotionally strong and told the benefits of getting vaccinated.
 The laws are being designed so that each and every person change their attitude and is
ready to get vaccination.
 The option to book slot will be given in multiple language and the volunteers are also
helpful and will help at the time of requirement.

REFERENCES:
Books and Journals
Choe, A.Y and et.al., 2019. Inpatient communication barriers and drivers when caring for limited
English proficiency children. Journal of hospital medicine, 14(10), p.607.
Clarke, S.K., Jaffe, J. and Mutch, R., 2019. Overcoming communication barriers in refugee
health care. Pediatric Clinics, 66(3), pp.669-686.
Kapur, R., 2018. Barriers to effective communication. Delhi University.
Lovari, A. and Bowen, S.A., 2020. Social media in disaster communication: A case study of
strategies, barriers, and ethical implications. Journal of Public Affairs, 20(1), p.e1967.
Zehrer, A. and Lei, G., 2020. Intergenerational communication barriers and pitfalls of business
families in transition—a qualitative action research approach. Corporate
Communications: An International Journal.