ReviewVaccines2023
A Systematic Review of Factors That Influence Parents' Views and Practices around Routine Childhood Vaccination in Africa: A Qualitative Evidence Synthesis.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Human papillomavirus vaccine uptake and its determinants among women in Africa: an umbrella review.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Satisfaction with maternal health services and associated factors among parents in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Community-Led Defaulter Tracking for Catch-Up Vaccination: Implementation Experience in Uganda, 2022 and 2024.Vaccines · 2026Article
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- Closing immunization gap: Complete basic childhood vaccination and associated factors among children aged 12-23 months in Tanzania; a multilevel analysis of the 2022 Demographic and Health Survey.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Research trends and key contributors in studies on influenza vaccines for children: A 20-year bibliometric analysis.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2025Article
- Breaking barriers: a qualitative study on polio vaccine hesitancy in Herat Province, Afghanistan.BMC public health · 2025Article
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- Research opportunities for the primordial prevention of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease-streptococcal vaccine development: a national heart, lung and blood institute workshop report.BMJ global health · 2023Review
- Towards a More Critical Public Health Understanding of Vaccine Hesitancy: Key Insights from a Decade of Research.Vaccines · 2023Article
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Abstract
A Cochrane review which explored the factors that influence caregivers' views and practices around routine childhood vaccines worldwide was conducted by Cooper and colleagues. After sampling 154 studies that met their inclusion criteria, the authors included 27 studies in their synthesis, of which 6 were from Africa. The aim of the current review was to synthesise all 27 studies conducted in Africa. We wanted to determine if the inclusion of additional African studies will change any of the themes, concepts or theory generated in the Cochrane review. Our review found that parents' views and practices regarding childhood vaccination in Africa were influenced by various factors, which we categorised into five themes, namely, ideas and practices surrounding health and illness (Theme 1); social communities and networks (Theme 2); political events, relations, and processes (Theme 3); lack of information or knowledge (Theme 4); and access-supply-demand interactions (Theme 5). All of the themes identified in our review were also identified in the Cochrane review except for one theme, which was lack of information or knowledge. This finding will help to promote vaccine acceptance and uptake in Africa by developing and implementing interventions tailored to address lack of knowledge and information around vaccines.
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