Bringing the social into vaccination research: Community-led ethnography and trust-building in immunization programs in Sierra Leone.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vaccine hesitancy is a complex, contested social phenomenon and existing research highlights the multifaceted role of trust in strengthening vaccine confidence. However, understanding public engagement with vaccination through the lens of (mis)trust requires more contextual evidence on trust's qualitative determinants. This includes expanding the geographic focus beyond current studies' focus on High Income Countries. Furthermore, obstacles remain in effectively integrating social science findings in the design of vaccine deployment strategies, and in ensuring that those who implement interventions and are affected by them are directly involved in producing knowledge about vaccination challenges.

Methods

We piloted a community-led ethnographic approach, training C

SUBMITTER: Enria L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8535180 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature