Publications (Selected)
Peer Reviwed
Manca, T., 2025. “Vaccines protect both you and your newborn:” A discourse analysis of risk and uncertainty in information about vaccination in pregnancy. Social Science & Medicine 364, 117526. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117526.
Parsons Leigh, J and SJ Moss, J MacDonald, MS Cherak, HT Stelfox, È Dubé, KM Fiest, DM Halperin, SB Ahmed, SE MacDonald, SE Straus, T Manca, et al. 2025. Considering the impact of vaccine communication in the COVID-19 pandemic among adults in Canada: A qualitative study of lessons learned for future vaccine campaigns. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2024.2448052.
Manca, T and L Aylsworth, SM Driedger, SE MacDonald. 2024. “It’s really embarrassing […] to ask for help:’ navigating invisible and intersecting inequities in barriers to getting vaccinated.” Journal of Risk Research. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2024.2403372.
Marfo, EA, T Manca, E Cha, L Aylsworth, SM Driedger, SB Meyer, et al. 2024. “Intersecting Inequities in COVID-19 Vaccination: A Discourse Analysis of Information Use and Decision- Making Among Ethnically Diverse Parents in Canada.” Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, February. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-024-01940-2.
Leigh, JP, EA FitzGerald, SJ Moss, MS Cherak, R Brundin-Mather, A Dodds, HT Stelfox, È Dubé, KM Fiest, DM Halperin, SB Ahmed, SE MacDonald, SE Straus, T Manca, et al. 2024. “The Evolution of Vaccine Hesitancy Through the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Semi-Structured Interview Study on Booster and Bivalent Doses.” Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 20(1): 2316. https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2024.2316417.
Leigh, JP, EA FitzGerald, SJ Moss, R Brundin-Mather, A Dodds, HT Stelfox, È Dubé, KM Fiest, D Halperin, S Ahmed, S MacDonald, S Straus, T Manca, et al. 2024. “Factors Affecting Hesitancy toward COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Doses in Canada: A Cross-National Survey.” Canadian Journal of Public Health 115 (1): 26–39. https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-023-00823-z.
Manca, T and KA Top, JE Graham. 2023. “COVID-19 Vaccination in Pregnancy: How Discrepant Public Health Discourses Shape Responsibility for Fetal Health.” SSM – Qualitative Research in Health, 3: 100265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2023.100265.
Aylsworth, L and T Manca, È Dubé, F Labbé, SM Driedger, K Benzies, N MacDonald, J Graham, S MacDonald. 2022. “Facilitators and Barriers to Accessing COVID-19 Vaccines among Visible Minorities and Indigenous Peoples in Canada.” Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics 18(6): http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2022.2129827.
Dubé, E and SE MacDonald, T Manca, JA Bettinger, SM Driedger, J Graham, et al. 2022. “Understanding the Influence of Online Information, Misinformation, and Reinformation on COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance: Protocol for a Multicomponent Study.” Journal of Medical Internet Research, Research Protocols 11: 10.2196/41012.
Manca, T, RM Humble, L Aylsworth, E Cha, SE Wilson, SB Meyer, D Greyson, M Sadarangani, J Parsons Leigh, SE MacDonald. 2022. “We need to protect each other”: COVID-19 vaccination intentions and concerns among Racialized minority and Indigenous Peoples in Canada. Social Science & Medicine 313, 115400. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115400
Manca, T and M Sadarangani, SA Halperin, JM Langley, E McClymont, SE MacDonald, and KA Top. (2022). Vaccine regulation should require and enforce the inclusion of pregnant and breastfeeding women in prelicensure clinical trials. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2104019. https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2022.2104019
Manca, T and K Top, K Weagle, J Graham. 2022. “Deferring Risk: Concerns about Limitations to the Evidence Contained in Vaccine Product Labels about use in Pregnancy.” Journal of Women’s Health 31(8): 1103-1112.. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2021.0609.
Dubé, E and F Labbé, B Malo, T Manca, L Aylsworth, SM Driedger, JE Graham, D Greyson, N MacDonald, SB Meyer, J Parsons Leigh, M Sadarangani, S Wilson, and SE MacDonald. 2022. “‘I don’t think there’s a point for me to discuss it with my patients’: Exploring health care providers’ views and behaviours regarding COVID-19 vaccination.” Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics (online first). doi: 10.1080/21645515.2022.2088970.
Manca, T and F Baylis, FM Munoz, KA Top. 2022. “Prioritise research on vaccines for pregnant and breastfeeding women.” The Lancet 399(10328). https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00379-8.
Manca, T. 2021. “Risk and intersectional power relations: An exploration of the implications of early COVID-19 pandemic responses for pregnant women.” Health, Risk and Society 23(7-8). https://doi.org/10.1080/13698575.2021.1994933
Manca, T and J Graham, N MacDonald, K Top. 2021. “Healthcare providers’ interpretations of product labelling information developed through a consensus stakeholder approach.” Vaccine. 39(19). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.03.082
Manca, T and J Graham, È Dubé, M Kervin, E Castillo, N Crowcroft, et al. 2019. “Developing Product Label Information to Support Evidence-Informed Use of Vaccines in Pregnancy.” Vaccine 37(48): 7138-7146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.09.063
Manca, T. 2018. “Fear, Rationality, and Risky Others: A Qualitative Analysis of Physicians’ and Nurses’ Accounts of Popular Vaccine Narratives.” Technology in Society 55: 119-125.
Butterworth, K and R Rajupadhya, R Gongal, T Manca, S Ross, and D Nichols. 2018. “A Clinical Nursing Rotation Transforms Medical Students’ Interprofessional Attitudes.” PLoS One 13(5): e0197161.
Grekul, J and W Aujla, L Aylsworth, G Eklics, T Manca, A York. 2018. “Community Service Learning in a Large Introductory Sociology Course: Reflections from Course Instructors,” Engaged Scholar Journal 4(1): 61-78.
Manca, T. 2018. “‘One of the Greatest Medical Success Stories:’ Physicians and Nurses’ Small Stories about Vaccine Knowledge and Anxieties.” Social Science and Medicine 196: 182-189.
Manca, T. 2016. “Health Professionals and the Vaccine Narrative: ‘The Power of the Personal Story’ and the Management of Medical Uncertainty.” Journal of Health, Risk & Society 18(3/4): 1-23.
Butterworth, K and D Nichols, T Manca. 2016. “How Future Doctors in Nepal are Using Reflective Portfolios to Learn Compassion and Empathy.” The European Journal of Palliative Care 23(1): 36-41.
Manca, T. 2015. “Growing up with Strictly Religious Parents: A Narrative Analysis of Second-Generation Memoirs.” International Journal of Cultic Studies 6: 16-33.
Kent, S and T Manca. 2014. “A War over Mental Health Professionalism: Scientology versus Psychiatry.” Mental Health, Religion and Culture 17(1): 1-23. (Listed third under “Most Read” as of August 2019; part of Routledge Behavioral Sciences journals’ “The Most Read Mental Health Article Collection” in 2014).
Manca, T. 2013. “Medicine and Spiritual Healing Within a Region of Canada: Preliminary Findings Concerning Christian Scientists’ Healthcare Practices.” Journal of Religion and Health 52(3): 789-803.
Manca, T. 2012. “L. Ron Hubbard’s Alternative to the Bomb Shelter: Scientology’s Emergence as a Pseudo-Science During the 1950s.” Journal of Religion and Popular Culture 24(1): 80-96.
Manca, T. 2010. “Alternative Therapy, Dianetics, and Scientology.” Marburg Journal of Religion 15. Online: <http://www.uni-marburg.de/fb03/ivk/mjr?language_sync=1>
Manca, T. 2008. “Innocent Murderers? Abducted Children in the Lord's Resistance Army.” Cultic Studies Review 7: 129-166.
Book Chapters
Manca, T. 2017. “Presentations of Scientology in Prominent North American News Series.” In Scientology in Popular Culture.Eds. Stephen A. Kent and Susan Raine, 239-278. New York: Praeger.
Reports
Graham, J and T Manca. 2020. “Return to a new normal: Royal society members identify key societal challenges posed by COVID 19.” COVID-19 Resources. The Royal Society of Canada (RSC). May 6 (https://rsc-src.ca/en/covid-19).
Media
Manca, T and E Marfo, L Aylsworth, SE MacDonald, SM Driedger. 2022. “Beyond Vaccine Hesitancy: Understanding Systemic Barriers to Getting Vaccinated.” The Conversation. 11 December 2022 (https://theconversation.com/beyond-vaccine-hesitancy-understanding-systemic-barriers-to-getting-vaccinated-193610).
Manca, T and K Top. 2021. “Should I get the COVID-19 vaccine while pregnant or breastfeeding? Experts explain the safety, evidence and clinical trials” The Conversation. 20 July 2021 (https://theconversation.com/should-i-get-the-covid-19-vaccine-while-pregnant-or-breastfeeding-experts-explain-the-safety-evidence-and-clinical-trials-164144)