IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL EVALUATION AND PHYSICAL REPORT (IJMEPR )

E-ISSN 2579-0498
P-ISSN 2695-2181
VOL. 8 NO. 2 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56201/ijmepr.v8.no2.2024.pg36.44

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Overcoming Vaccine Resistance: Applying Behaviour Change Models to Improve Immunization Rates in Educated Ghanaians

Alfred Addy, Emmanuel Fuah, Esther Sotame, Theophilus Mensah Abrompah, George Benneh Mensah

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Abstract

Objective: Investigate drivers of and strategies to address vaccine hesitancy among educated Ghanaians

Vaccine hesitancy, Health Belief Model, Risk perceptions, Compulsory immunization, Behavior change communication

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References:

1) Avong v. Gambo (2001) - Nigerian Court of Appeals case upholding compulsory immunization
mandates on constitutional grounds during public health crises.

2) Jacobson v. Massachusetts (1905) - United States Supreme Court case sanctioning compulsory
smallpox vaccination laws as within states police powers to safeguard public welfare, despite
personal liberty objections on religious grounds

3) Lim v. R. (2000) - British Court of Appeals ruling requiring transparent dissemination of
vaccine risk information by health authorities to enable informed consent among patients

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