Uptake of public health measures and vaccine acceptance during the COVID-19 pandemic in rural Zambia

Vaccines are effective tools to prevent COVID-19-related morbidity. However, coverage is low throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Uptake of public health measures, perceptions of COVID-19 illness and vaccines, and intention to vaccinate were evaluated in 2021–2022 in rural Zambia. Adherence to public heal...

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Autores principales: Sutcliffe, Catherine G., Sinywimaanzi, Pamela, Morales, Juliet, Sianyanda, Morris, Muleka, Mathias, Fenstermacher, Katherine Z. J., Monze, Mwaka, Rothman, Richard E., Pekosz, Andrew, Thuma, Philip E., Simulundu, Edgar
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2022
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Coronavirus – Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9762779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36482701
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2022.2153538
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author Sutcliffe, Catherine G.
Sinywimaanzi, Pamela
Morales, Juliet
Sianyanda, Morris
Muleka, Mathias
Fenstermacher, Katherine Z. J.
Monze, Mwaka
Rothman, Richard E.
Pekosz, Andrew
Thuma, Philip E.
Simulundu, Edgar
author_facet Sutcliffe, Catherine G.
Sinywimaanzi, Pamela
Morales, Juliet
Sianyanda, Morris
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Rothman, Richard E.
Pekosz, Andrew
Thuma, Philip E.
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description Vaccines are effective tools to prevent COVID-19-related morbidity. However, coverage is low throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Uptake of public health measures, perceptions of COVID-19 illness and vaccines, and intention to vaccinate were evaluated in 2021–2022 in rural Zambia. Adherence to public health measures, perceptions of COVID-19 risk and severity, and vaccine acceptance increased significantly over time, particularly in December 2021, coinciding with the fourth pandemic wave and relaunch of the national vaccine campaign. Vaccine acceptance was associated with perceptions of vaccine safety and effectiveness, but not disease severity. These findings highlight the importance of strong pandemic response and public communication for increased uptake of mitigatory measures, including vaccine acceptance.
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spelling pubmed-97627792022-12-20 Uptake of public health measures and vaccine acceptance during the COVID-19 pandemic in rural Zambia Sutcliffe, Catherine G. Sinywimaanzi, Pamela Morales, Juliet Sianyanda, Morris Muleka, Mathias Fenstermacher, Katherine Z. J. Monze, Mwaka Rothman, Richard E. Pekosz, Andrew Thuma, Philip E. Simulundu, Edgar Hum Vaccin Immunother Coronavirus – Brief Report Vaccines are effective tools to prevent COVID-19-related morbidity. However, coverage is low throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Uptake of public health measures, perceptions of COVID-19 illness and vaccines, and intention to vaccinate were evaluated in 2021–2022 in rural Zambia. Adherence to public health measures, perceptions of COVID-19 risk and severity, and vaccine acceptance increased significantly over time, particularly in December 2021, coinciding with the fourth pandemic wave and relaunch of the national vaccine campaign. Vaccine acceptance was associated with perceptions of vaccine safety and effectiveness, but not disease severity. These findings highlight the importance of strong pandemic response and public communication for increased uptake of mitigatory measures, including vaccine acceptance. Taylor & Francis 2022-12-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9762779/ /pubmed/36482701 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2022.2153538 Text en © 2022 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) ), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.
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Sutcliffe, Catherine G.
Sinywimaanzi, Pamela
Morales, Juliet
Sianyanda, Morris
Muleka, Mathias
Fenstermacher, Katherine Z. J.
Monze, Mwaka
Rothman, Richard E.
Pekosz, Andrew
Thuma, Philip E.
Simulundu, Edgar
Uptake of public health measures and vaccine acceptance during the COVID-19 pandemic in rural Zambia
title Uptake of public health measures and vaccine acceptance during the COVID-19 pandemic in rural Zambia
title_full Uptake of public health measures and vaccine acceptance during the COVID-19 pandemic in rural Zambia
title_fullStr Uptake of public health measures and vaccine acceptance during the COVID-19 pandemic in rural Zambia
title_full_unstemmed Uptake of public health measures and vaccine acceptance during the COVID-19 pandemic in rural Zambia
title_short Uptake of public health measures and vaccine acceptance during the COVID-19 pandemic in rural Zambia
title_sort uptake of public health measures and vaccine acceptance during the covid-19 pandemic in rural zambia
topic Coronavirus – Brief Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9762779/
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