Qualitative Assessment of Vaccination Hesitancy Among Members of the Apostolic Church of Zimbabwe: A Case Study

Journal of Religion and Health

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1683-1691

  Machekanyanga, Z ^a   Ndiaye, S ^b   Gerede, R ^c   Chindedza, K ^a   Chigodo, C ^c   Shibeshi, M E ^a   Goodson, J ^b   Daniel, F ^a   Zimmerman, L ^b   Kaiser, R ^a,b  

^a WHO Regional Office for Africa   (Zimbabwe)

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

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND CHILD CARE   (Zimbabwe)

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: 85021064672     PISSN: 00224197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-017-0428-7     Document Type: Article

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