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Assessing the Level and Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence in Kenya.
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69 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 107 citations in OpenAlex.
- COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Ethiopia: a scoping review for equitable vaccine access.Frontiers in health services · 2025Pooled it
- Vaccine hesitancy in context of COVID-19 in East Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Enablers and barriers to vaccine uptake and handwashing practices to prevent and control COVID-19 in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania: a systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
- Levels of handwashing and vaccine uptake in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania to prevent and control COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: A Systematic review of cognitive determinants.Health promotion perspectives · 2023Pooled it
- The Role of Trust in COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance: Considerations from a Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Review
- Scoping review of COVID-19 vaccines access, equity, hesitancy, and uptake in Kenya: lessons for the next pandemic.Frontiers in health services · 2026Review
- A cross-sectional study of the predictors of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Pakistan.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2025Article
- COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy continuum and its psycho-behavioral predictive models among general population: a cross-sectional study in Ethiopia.BMC public health · 2025Article
- COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and its predictors among healthcare workers in a tertiary hospital in Ghana: A cross-sectional survey.PloS one · 2025Article
- Maternal Immunization Decision-Making Among Pregnant and Lactating People in Kenya: A Qualitative Exploration of Peer Influences on Vaccine Decision-Making for a Future RSV Vaccine.Maternal and child health journal · 2024Article
- Modelling the impact of vaccination on COVID-19 in African countries.PLoS computational biology · 2024Article
- How to increase acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine among poor people in Africa?International journal of health economics and management · 2024Article
- Vaccine hesitancy and trust in sub-Saharan Africa.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Socio-Demographic and Economic Factors Associated with Uptake of COVID-19 Vaccine among Pregnant Women at Pumwani Maternity Hospital in Nairobi County, Kenya.Open journal of epidemiology · 2024Article
- An evaluation of physical access barriers to COVID-19 vaccines uptake among persons with physical disabilities in western Kenya.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Adolescent school retention post COVID-19 school closures in Kenya: A mixed-methods study.PloS one · 2024Article
- A qualitative inquiry on drivers of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among adults in Kenya.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Community Health Volunteers' experiences of implementing COVID-19 vaccine education and promotion in Kenya: a qualitative descriptive study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
9 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
The government of Kenya has launched a phased rollout of COVID-19 vaccination. A major barrier is vaccine hesitancy; the refusal or delay of accepting vaccination. This study evaluated the level and determinants of vaccine hesitancy in Kenya. We conducted a cross-sectional study administered through a phone-based survey in February 2021 in four counties of Kenya. Multilevel logistic regression was used to identify individual perceived risks and influences, context-specific factors and vaccine-specific issues associated with COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Kenya was high: 36.5%. Factors associated with vaccine hesitancy included: Rural regions, perceived difficulty in adhering to government regulations on COVID-19 prevention, no perceived COVID-19 infection risk, concerns regarding vaccine safety and effectiveness, and religious and cultural reasons. There is a need for the prioritization of interventions to address vaccine hesitancy and improve vaccine confidence as part of the vaccine roll-out plan. These messaging and/or interventions should be holistic to include the value of other public health measures, be focused and targeted to specific groups, raise awareness on the risks of COVID-19 and effectively communicate the benefits and risks of vaccines.
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