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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy rates are up to 88% among adolescents in some sub-Saharan African countries, often because of concerns over safety and efficacy

10.05.22 | PLOS

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Conceptual framework for COVID-19 hesitancy among adolescents based on the health belief model.
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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0000611

Article Title: COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and its determinants among sub-Saharan African adolescents

Author Countries: USA, Nigeria, Tanzania, Ghana, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, South Africa

Funding: This work was supported by institutional support from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA (WWF), Harvard University Center for African Studies, Boston, MA (WWF), Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Germany (TB), and the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, Washington, DC (ERS). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

PLOS Global Public Health

10.1371/journal.pgph.0000611

COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and its determinants among sub-Saharan African adolescents

5-Oct-2022

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Adolescents Covid 19 Covid 19 Vaccines Diseases and Disorders Health and Medicine Health Care Human Health Infectious Diseases Public Health Social Sciences Viral Infections

Article Information

Journal
PLOS Global Public Health
DOI
10.1371/journal.pgph.0000611
Article Publication Date
2022-10-05
Article Title
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and its determinants among sub-Saharan African adolescents
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2022, October 5). COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy rates are up to 88% among adolescents in some sub-Saharan African countries, often because of concerns over safety and efficacy. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LN279R41/covid-19-vaccine-hesitancy-rates-are-up-to-88-among-adolescents-in-some-sub-saharan-african-countries-often-because-of-concerns-over-safety-and-efficacy.html
MLA:
"COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy rates are up to 88% among adolescents in some sub-Saharan African countries, often because of concerns over safety and efficacy." Brightsurf News, Oct. 5 2022, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LN279R41/covid-19-vaccine-hesitancy-rates-are-up-to-88-among-adolescents-in-some-sub-saharan-african-countries-often-because-of-concerns-over-safety-and-efficacy.html.