Behavioural and social drivers of routine childhood immunization in selected low coverage areas in the Philippines
Availability of routine vaccines and accessibility to vaccination sites are major challenges in the Philippines. Acceptability of routine vaccines continue to be affected by previous controversies around the Dengue vaccine and the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Findings suggest that enhancing advocacy for immunization through continuing communication training for health care workers on health promotion and education regarding vaccination may contribute to increased vaccine uptake. Integration of immunization with other population-based health programs could be explored.
Authors
- Margie Danchin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7624-5691)
- Micaella Dato
- Jessica Kaufman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5139-4183)
- Evalyn Roxas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7842-7520)
- Maria Margarita M Lota
- Florian Vogt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2686-3149)
- Paulyn Jean Acacio-Claro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6186-1176)
- Soledad Natalia M. Dalisay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2457-9198)
- Vicente Y. Belizario (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5717-0823)
- Alvin Abeleda
- Jan Zarlyn Rosuello
- Yoshiki Fujimori
- Madilene Landicho
Institutions
- Australian National University (AU)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Tampere University (FI)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute (AU)
- University of the Philippines Manila (PH)
- University of the Philippines Diliman (PH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Global Health Research and Policy
- Published
- 2025-09-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s41256-025-00447-5
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.67