How Do Experts and Nonexperts Want to Promote Vaccines? Hepatitis E Vaccine as Example.

ABSTRACT: Low- and middle-income countries receive limited guidance from external entities about how to introduce vaccines. This is especially true for the Hepatitis E (HepE) vaccine, which is currently only commercially available in China. The aims of this qualitative study are to identify which attributes of the HepE disease and vaccine are considered important, and to compare desired promotion methods between different stakeholders. Stakeholders included experts (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff, health care providers, and researchers), and nonexperts included members of high-risk populations, HepE cases, and vaccinees. Participants' thoughts were coded and broadly summarized. We contacted 63 persons-35 experts and 28 nonexperts. Safety and effectiveness (but not price) of the vac

SUBMITTER: Ren H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6935764 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature