{"title":"Inoculation theory and tropical medicine: A partnership worth exploring?","authors":"Josh Compton","doi":"10.1177/00494755261489898","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Inoculation theory offers a communication strategy for building resistance to misinformation, misconceptions, and myths through preexposure to weakened challenges. Health communication has been one of its most productive areas of application, yet inoculation remains understudied in tropical medicine. Tropical Doctor has addressed health myths, misunderstandings, and misconceptions for decades, suggesting an opportunity to explore whether inoculation theory-based messaging might contribute to existing health communication efforts in LMIC settings. Doing that work well will require partnerships with health workers and other experts who know those settings. Inoculation theory is no panacea, but its record as a health communication strategy makes its potential contribution to tropical medicine worth exploring.</p>","PeriodicalId":49415,"journal":{"name":"Tropical Doctor","volume":" ","pages":"494755261489898"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6000,"publicationDate":"2026-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Tropical Doctor","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00494755261489898","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Inoculation theory offers a communication strategy for building resistance to misinformation, misconceptions, and myths through preexposure to weakened challenges. Health communication has been one of its most productive areas of application, yet inoculation remains understudied in tropical medicine. Tropical Doctor has addressed health myths, misunderstandings, and misconceptions for decades, suggesting an opportunity to explore whether inoculation theory-based messaging might contribute to existing health communication efforts in LMIC settings. Doing that work well will require partnerships with health workers and other experts who know those settings. Inoculation theory is no panacea, but its record as a health communication strategy makes its potential contribution to tropical medicine worth exploring.
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The only journal written by and for health workers in low and middle-income countries, Tropical Doctor provides medical expertise and practical advice on how to apply current medical knowledge to the special circumstances of LMIC countries. This journal provides an ideal forum for sharing experiences and establishing best practice, aiding communication between medical professionals in different environments.
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