Needle Phobia, an “Invisible” Barrier to Healthcare
This scientific communication explores needle fear and phobia as a significant barrier to vaccination and healthcare, and presents VAX-ID as a potential solution to improve the injection experience.
This document includes:
- Understanding needle phobia – explores its prevalence, psychological and physiological causes, and impact on healthcare.
- Impact on vaccination – highlights how needle fear can contribute to vaccine hesitancy, delayed vaccination, and non-compliance.
- Intradermal vaccination – explains how intradermal delivery may reduce pain and leverage the skin’s strong immune response.
- VAX-ID as a solution – presents the device’s as ways to address key triggers of needle fear
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