Maike Winters

Biographic Data

ID3928427
NAMEMaike Winters
GIVEN NAMESMaike
FAMILY NAMEWinters
SIGNATUREWINTERS M
AFFILIATIONSKarolinska Institutet
ORCID0000-0003-0915-6506
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS1
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Building confidence in crises – the roles of Sierra Leonean religious leaders’ during the 2014–2016 Ebola outbreak

    Open AccessPadraig Lyons, Maike Winters et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2025

    BACKGROUND: Religious leaders have been involved in health promotion campaigns for many years across West Africa, such as their engagement in the HIV/AIDS pandemic response. This involvement in public health campaigns has indicated varied results in the past and therefore a critical approach is required when engaging them in the outbreak response. Little is known about religious leaders' perceptions of their role in communicating Ebola risks duri…

  • Moral foundations messaging to improve vaccine attitudes

    Open AccessMaike Winters, Sarah Christie et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    The uptake of routine childhood vaccinations has declined globally since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, due in part to increased vaccine hesitancy among parents. The Moral Foundations Theory proposes six foundations which can be targeted to increase vaccine uptake. In this study, we tested whether a post by UNICEF with a purity violation message could affect vaccine attitudes among parents in Argentina, where routine immunization coverage ha…

  • Persuasive Covid-19 vaccination campaigns on Facebook and nationwide vaccination coverage in Ukraine, India, and Pakistan

    Open AccessMaike Winters, Sarah Christie et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Social media platforms have a wide and influential reach, and as such provide an opportunity to increase vaccine uptake. To date, there is no large-scale, robust evidence on the offline effects of online messaging campaigns. We aimed to test whether pre-tested, persuasive messaging campaigns from UNICEF, disseminated on Facebook, influenced COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Ukraine, India, and Pakistan. In Ukraine, we deployed a stepped-wedge randomized…

  • Moral foundations and HPV vaccine acceptance in the United States

    Open AccessJamieson M O''Marr, Akila Raoul et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2023Cited by: 1References: 39

  • Drivers of Covid-19 policy stringency in 175 countries and territories

    Open AccessMohamed F Jalloh, Zangin Zeebari et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2022

    Background: New data on COVID-19 may influence the stringency of containment policies, but these potential effect are not understood. We aimed to understand the associations of new COVID-19 cases and deaths with policy stringency globally and regionally. Methods: We modelled the marginal effects of new COVID-19 cases and deaths on policy stringency (scored 0-100) in 175 countries and territories, adjusting for gross domestic product (GDP) per cap…

  • Debunking highly prevalent health misinformation using audio dramas delivered by WhatsApp

    Open AccessMaike Winters, Bram Oppenheim et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2021

    INTRODUCTION: Infectious disease misinformation is widespread and poses challenges to disease control. There is limited evidence on how to effectively counter health misinformation in a community setting, particularly in low-income regions, and unsettled scientific debate about whether misinformation should be directly discussed and debunked, or implicitly countered by providing scientifically correct information. METHODS: The Contagious Misinfor…

  • Behaviour adoption approaches during public health emergencies

    Open AccessMohamed F Jalloh, Aasli Abdi Nur et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2021

    Human behaviour will continue to play an important role as the world grapples with public health threats. In this paper, we draw from the emerging evidence on behaviour adoption during diverse public health emergencies to develop a framework that contextualises behaviour adoption vis-à-vis a combination of top-down, intermediary and bottom-up approaches. Using the COVID-19 pandemic as a case study, we operationalise the contextual framework to de…

  • Homecare for sick family members while waiting for medical help during the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone

    Open AccessKirsten Schmidt-Hellerau, Maike Winters et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2020

    INTRODUCTION: Caring for an Ebola patient is a known risk factor for disease transmission. In Sierra Leone during the outbreak in 2014/2015, isolation of patients in specialised facilities was not always immediately available and caring for a relative at home was sometimes the only alternative. This study sought to assess population-level protective caregiving intentions, to understand how families cared for their sick and to explore perceived ba…

  • Risk perception during the 2014–2015 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone

    Open AccessMaike Winters, Mohamed F Jalloh et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020

    Our results illustrate the complexity of how individuals perceived their Ebola acquisition risk based on the way they received information, what they knew about Ebola, and actions they took to protect themselves. Community-level information sources may help to align the public's perceived risk with their actual epidemiological risk. As part of global health security efforts, increased investments are needed for community-level engagements that al…