Factors shaping Covid-19 vaccine acceptability among young people in South Africa and Nigeria: An exploratory qualitative study.

ABSTRACT: Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy among young people can be seen as an acute - but not isolated - phenomenon within an alarming longer-term trend of broader vaccine distrust in Africa. Yet there are still considerable knowledge gaps in relation to the scope and drivers of low vaccine acceptability among young people. Moreover, better frameworks and tools are needed to conceptualise and better understand acceptability in this population group. We applied the recently published Accelerate Framework for Young People's Acceptability to guide qualitative research with young people living in South Africa and Nigeria. We aimed to investigate their overall acceptability of the Covid-19 vaccine, and explore factors shaping this acceptability and willingness to be vaccinated. In collaboration with seven co

SUBMITTER: Casale M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11918360 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature