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Examining drivers of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Ghana

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Title
Examining drivers of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Ghana
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figshare, May 2021
DOI 10.6084/m9.figshare.14494851
Authors

Head, Michael, Brackstone, Ken, Boateng, Laud Ampomah, Atengble, Kirchuffs, Akinocho, Herve, Osei, Kingsley, Nuamah, Kwabena, Ken Brackstone, Laud A Boateng, Kirchuffs Atengble, Michael G Head, kingsley osei

Abstract

This policy brief analyses data collected in Ghana shortly after vaccines were delivered in early March 2021, and is the second survey from this study – the first wave was conducted in August 2020 prior to any COVID-19 vaccines being approved and available. We conducted a nationally representative online survey in Ghana (N = 1,558) throughout March 2021 after the first batches of Oxford AstraZeneca vaccines had arrived in Ghana through the COVAX initiative. In our analyses, we operationalised vaccine hesitancy as respondents who answered ‘no’ and ‘I don’t know’ to the question: “When a COVID-19 vaccine becomes available to you, would you like to get vaccinated?” We hope that our findings provide rich and interesting insights into the socioeconomic and psychological factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Ghana.More data and reports to follow later in 2021

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 318. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 31 August 2023.
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