Examining the role of influence and trust in information sources on the COVID-19 vaccine decision-making process for pregnant and postpartum women in Brazil, Ghana, Kenya, and Pakistan: A mixed methods study
Trusted COVID-19 vaccine information sources reported by pregnant and postpartum women vary by country, suggesting the need to identify sources across different target populations to improve vaccine acceptability and uptake with the goal of realizing the population level benefits of vaccination.
Authors
- Vanessa Brizuela (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4860-0828)
- Sarah Saleem (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6797-8631)
- Rupali J. Limaye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3883-9720)
- Renato T. Souza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9075-9269)
- Prachi Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6013-1916)
- Marleen Temmerman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2069-8752)
- Ruth A. Karron (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4448-4946)
- José Guilherme Cecatti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1285-8445)
- Grace Belayneh
- Emily S. Miller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1942-3874)
- Kwasi Torpey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1628-2922)
- Caroline Dinam Badzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3966-1282)
- Jessica L. Schue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5188-5692)
- Maria Laura Costa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8280-3234)
- Sami L. Gottlieb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-3441)
- Muhammad Asim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3459-8907)
- Berhaun Fesshaye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2868-4187)
- Ferdinand Okwaro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9662-4293)
- Saleem Jessani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3025-2025)
- Emefa Modey Amoah
Institutions
- Aga Khan University (PK)
- University of Ghana (GH)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) (BR)
- Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi (KE)
- World Health Organization (CH)
- Aga Khan University Nairobi (KE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Vaccine
- Published
- 2025-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.127721
- Primary Topic
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00