Bridging the Gap between Knowledge and Action: Understanding 
and Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy among the Educated in Ghana

Alfred Addy; Samuel William Dodoo; Joyceline Amankwah; Samson Kofie; Bonney Osei; George Benneh Mensah

doi:https://doi.org/10.56201/ijmepr.v8.no2.2024.pg11.26

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Bridging the Gap between Knowledge and Action: Understanding and Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy among the Educated in Ghana

Alfred Addy, Samuel William Dodoo, Joyceline Amankwah, Samson Kofie, Bonney Osei, George Benneh Mensah

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Objective: Analyze drivers of vaccine hesitancy among Ghana’s educated to offer coherent policy responses bridging knowledge-action gaps.

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Vaccine hesitancyHealth literacyRisk perceptionsGhanaBehavioral science

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Bridging the Gap between Knowledge and Action: Understanding and Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy among the Educated in Ghana

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