How to Increase Vaccination Acceptance Among Apostolic Communities: Quantitative Results from an Assessment in Three Provinces in Zimbabwe

Journal of Religion and Health

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1692-1700

  Gerede, Regina ^a   Machekanyanga, Zorodzai ^b   Ndiaye, Serigne ^c   Chindedza, Kenneth ^b   Chigodo, Colline ^a   Shibeshi, Messeret E ^b   Goodson, James ^c   Daniel, Fussum ^b   Kaiser, Reinhard ^b,c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND CHILD CARE   (Zimbabwe)

^b WHO Regional Office for Africa   (Zimbabwe)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Apostolic community; Vaccination acceptance; Vaccination confidence; Vaccination hesitancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIGION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VACCINATION; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; VACCINATION; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 85020493341     PISSN: 00224197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-017-0435-8     Document Type: Article

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