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A Comparison of Strategies to Improve Uptake of COVID-19 Vaccine among High-Risk Adults in Nairobi, Kenya in 2022

Background: COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Kenya is still low compared to other countries, especially in Europe and North America. In most parts of the country, a large percentage of the Kenyan population remains unvaccinated. As of October 2022, the Ministry of Health (Kenya) estimates that only 36.2%...

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Autores principales: Yego, Joan, Korom, Robert, Eriksson, Emma, Njavika, Sharon, Sane, Oulimata, Kanorio, Purity, Rotich, Oliver, Wambui, Stellah, Mureithi, Eunice
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9965704/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36851086
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11020209
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author Yego, Joan
Korom, Robert
Eriksson, Emma
Njavika, Sharon
Sane, Oulimata
Kanorio, Purity
Rotich, Oliver
Wambui, Stellah
Mureithi, Eunice
author_facet Yego, Joan
Korom, Robert
Eriksson, Emma
Njavika, Sharon
Sane, Oulimata
Kanorio, Purity
Rotich, Oliver
Wambui, Stellah
Mureithi, Eunice
author_sort Yego, Joan
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description Background: COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Kenya is still low compared to other countries, especially in Europe and North America. In most parts of the country, a large percentage of the Kenyan population remains unvaccinated. As of October 2022, the Ministry of Health (Kenya) estimates that only 36.2% of the adult population had been fully vaccinated. Methods: We conducted an experimental study in April 2022 targeting unvaccinated adults who had a history of hypertension and/or diabetes and those in the 60+ age group. We tested various messaging approaches using two different intervention channels. Results: Although the overall rate of vaccinated individuals according to national records is low, responses from the study group collected through phone call conversations show that higher-risk adults such as those older than 60 or those with chronic illnesses have a remarkably high vaccination rate of 89%. After the study, four participants received a COVID-19 vaccine within 1 month of the intervention. These four participants all received a loss-messaging intervention approach during the study. Conclusion: This study supports a national approach to increasing COVID-19 vaccination rates using loss-messaging directed at unvaccinated, high-risk individuals.
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spelling pubmed-99657042023-02-26 A Comparison of Strategies to Improve Uptake of COVID-19 Vaccine among High-Risk Adults in Nairobi, Kenya in 2022 Yego, Joan Korom, Robert Eriksson, Emma Njavika, Sharon Sane, Oulimata Kanorio, Purity Rotich, Oliver Wambui, Stellah Mureithi, Eunice Vaccines (Basel) Article Background: COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Kenya is still low compared to other countries, especially in Europe and North America. In most parts of the country, a large percentage of the Kenyan population remains unvaccinated. As of October 2022, the Ministry of Health (Kenya) estimates that only 36.2% of the adult population had been fully vaccinated. Methods: We conducted an experimental study in April 2022 targeting unvaccinated adults who had a history of hypertension and/or diabetes and those in the 60+ age group. We tested various messaging approaches using two different intervention channels. Results: Although the overall rate of vaccinated individuals according to national records is low, responses from the study group collected through phone call conversations show that higher-risk adults such as those older than 60 or those with chronic illnesses have a remarkably high vaccination rate of 89%. After the study, four participants received a COVID-19 vaccine within 1 month of the intervention. These four participants all received a loss-messaging intervention approach during the study. Conclusion: This study supports a national approach to increasing COVID-19 vaccination rates using loss-messaging directed at unvaccinated, high-risk individuals. MDPI 2023-01-17 /pmc/articles/PMC9965704/ /pubmed/36851086 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11020209 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Yego, Joan
Korom, Robert
Eriksson, Emma
Njavika, Sharon
Sane, Oulimata
Kanorio, Purity
Rotich, Oliver
Wambui, Stellah
Mureithi, Eunice
A Comparison of Strategies to Improve Uptake of COVID-19 Vaccine among High-Risk Adults in Nairobi, Kenya in 2022
title A Comparison of Strategies to Improve Uptake of COVID-19 Vaccine among High-Risk Adults in Nairobi, Kenya in 2022
title_full A Comparison of Strategies to Improve Uptake of COVID-19 Vaccine among High-Risk Adults in Nairobi, Kenya in 2022
title_fullStr A Comparison of Strategies to Improve Uptake of COVID-19 Vaccine among High-Risk Adults in Nairobi, Kenya in 2022
title_full_unstemmed A Comparison of Strategies to Improve Uptake of COVID-19 Vaccine among High-Risk Adults in Nairobi, Kenya in 2022
title_short A Comparison of Strategies to Improve Uptake of COVID-19 Vaccine among High-Risk Adults in Nairobi, Kenya in 2022
title_sort comparison of strategies to improve uptake of covid-19 vaccine among high-risk adults in nairobi, kenya in 2022
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9965704/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36851086
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11020209
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