A Web Application About Herd Immunity Using Personalized Avatars: Development Study

Hina Hakim   ¹ , BDS, MSc ;   Julie A Bettinger   ² , PhD, MPH ;   Christine T Chambers   ³ , PhD ;   S Michelle Driedger   ⁴ , PhD ;   Eve Dubé   ⁵ , PhD ;   Teresa Gavaruzzi   ⁶ , PhD ;   Anik M C Giguere   ¹ , PhD ;   Éric Kavanagh   ⁷ , MA ;   Julie Leask   ⁸ , Dip Health Sci, MPH, PhD ;   Shannon E MacDonald   ⁹ , RN, PhD ;   Rita Orji   ¹⁰ , PhD ;   Elizabeth Parent   ¹ , MA ;   Jean-Sébastien Paquette   ¹ , MSc, CFMC, MD ;   Jacynthe Roberge   ⁷ , MA ;   Beate Sander   ¹¹ , RN, MBA, MEcDev, PhD ;   Aaron M Scherer   ¹² , PhD ;   Martin Tremblay-Breault   ¹ , BSc, MSc ;   Kumanan Wilson   ¹³ , MSc, FRCPC, MD ;   Daniel Reinharz   ¹⁴ , PhD, MD ;   Holly O Witteman   ¹ , PhD

¹ Department of Family and Emergency Medicine, Laval University, Quebec City, QC, Canada

² Vaccine Evaluation Center, BC Children’s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

³ Department of Psychology and Neuroscience and Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

⁴ Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

⁵ Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Quebec City, QC, Canada

⁶ Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization, University of Padova, Italy, Padova, Italy

⁷ École de design, Édifice La Fabrique, Laval University, Quebec City, QC, Canada

⁸ Faculty of Medicine and Health, Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

⁹ Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

¹⁰ Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

¹¹ University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital, Eaton Building, Toronto, ON, Canada

¹² Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa, IA, United States

¹³ Department of Medicine, Bruyere Research Institute and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

¹⁴ Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Laval University, Quebec City, QC, Canada