Factors that influence parental and caregiver acceptance of routine childhood vaccination: Summary of a qualitative evidence synthesis.
S Afr Med J
; 112(12): 890-891, 2022 12 01.
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ABSTRACT
We summarise a Cochrane review of qualitative evidence that explored parents' views and practices around routine childhood vaccination, and provide implications for research and practice that are relevant to the South African (SA) context. Many public health interventions to encourage vaccination are informed by an assumption that vaccine hesitancy is due to a lack of knowledge or irrational forms of thinking. The findings from this review suggest that childhood vaccination views and practices are complex social processes that are shaped by multiple factors and carry a variety of meanings. As such, we suggest that biomedical approaches must be supplemented by more nuanced and sociopolitically informed strategies for enhancing and sustaining childhood vaccination practices in SA.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Parents
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Caregivers
Type of study:
Policy_brief
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Qualitative_research
Aspects:
Implementation_research
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
En
Journal:
S Afr Med J
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article