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

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

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Vaccine hesitancyHealth Belief ModelRisk perceptionsCompulsory immunizationBehavior change communication

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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

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

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