The barriers and facilitators of herpes zoster vaccination intentions of urban residents in China: a qualitative study
Our study revealed a series of barriers and facilitators of HZ vaccination intention. We recommend HZ education and advocacy by health workers and government health officials to address the limited HZ knowledge and HZ misconceptions, and the government (or health insurance providers) to pay or subsidize the high costs of HZ vaccination to increase the HZ vaccination rate.
Authors
- Stephen Nicholas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6770-7105)
- Elizabeth Maitland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1551-4787)
- Ming Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9977-7041)
- Ping He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5040-5012)
- C. Long (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7611-0265)
- Beibei Yuan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9397-735X)
- Dawei Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0167-6603)
- Xianjing Qin
- Weiying Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9185-8605)
Institutions
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AU)
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- Guangxi Medical University (CN)
- Shaoxing University (CN)
- Peking University (CN)
- Peking University International Hospital (CN)
- University of Newcastle Australia (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Global Health Research and Policy
- Published
- 2025-04-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s41256-025-00413-1
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.77
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- National Office for Philosophy and Social Sciences
- Major Program of National Fund of Philosophy and Social Science of China