While several studies have examined the crucial role that parents' vaccination behaviors
play in reducing disease spread and severity among children, few have evaluated the …

Background and objectives: It is now accepted that vaccination is a critical public health
strategy in preventing child morbidity and mortality. Understanding factors that promote …

Background Attempts to maintain or increase vaccination coverage almost all focus on
supply side interventions: improving availability and delivery of vaccines. The effectiveness …

Mass media communication is an important strategy for increasing parental uptake and to
promote community participation when large-scale immunization activities are carried out. In …

Background Understanding stakeholders'(parents', communities' and health workers')
perspectives of communication about childhood vaccination, including their preferences for …

Vaccination has had tremendous impact on human health. The tendency to hesitate or delay
vaccination has been increasing, which has contributed to outbreaks of vaccine-preventable …

Background: Mass media is a basic element of transferring valuable information on health
services. As family planning is influenced by mass media, there is a need to study the impact …

Literature abounds with evidence on the effectiveness of individual mass media
interventions on contraceptive use and other health behaviors. There have been, however …

Although previous studies have explored the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in
Ghana, very little attention is paid to the influence of mass media exposure on NHIS …

A large measles outbreak occurred in South Wales in 2012/2013. The outbreak has been
attributed to low take-up of measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) immunization in the early 2000s …