Perceived shifts in routine vaccine confidence during the Covid-19 pandemic in Kinshasa Province, DRC
A mixed-methods approach
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19595110 |
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| Authors | Alix Boisson-Walsh (0000-0002-6180-1931, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, corresponding author), Patrick Ngimbi (0009-0009-9670-8356, Université Protestante au Congo, corresponding author), Camille Morgan (0000-0003-1315-0908, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, corresponding author), Angela M Stover (0000-0003-0983-686X, Department of Health, corresponding author), Nana Mbonze (0000-0001-6126-1704, Université Protestante au Congo, corresponding author), Sarah Ntambua (0009-0007-3608-9165, Université Protestante au Congo, corresponding author), Jolie Matondo (0009-0008-1349-8596, Université Protestante au Congo, corresponding author), Marcel Yotebieng (0000-0003-2110-2631, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, corresponding author), Melchior Mwandagalirwa Kashamuka (Ministry of Public Health, corresponding author), Linda James (0000-0002-2283-9486, Université Protestante au Congo, corresponding author), Jonathan B Parr (0000-0002-4465-9830, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, corresponding author), Samuel Mampunza (0000-0002-6875-0487, Université Protestante au Congo, corresponding author), Peyton Thompson (0000-0002-9679-9763, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, corresponding author) |
| Editors | Abram Luther Wagner (0000-0003-4691-7802) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | e0004755 |
| Publication date | 2025-07-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | PLOS Global Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2767-3375 • E-ISSN: 2767-3375 |
| Publisher | Public Library of Science (PLoS) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004755 |
| PMID | 40668813 |
| OpenAlex | W4412481707 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 20 |
The COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted routine immunizations worldwide, decreasing confidence in vaccination programs. We used mixed methods to examine changes in vaccine confidence from before to during the pandemic in HBV-negative adults in Kinshasa who were exposed to HBV in the household, and eligible for HBV vaccination. We measured changes in routine HBV vaccine confidence with a previously validated Shift in Vaccine Confidence (SVC) self-report measure that was verbally administered in Lingala (local language). We compared vaccination confidence before versus during the pandemic using Chi-square tests. We also interviewed participants and coded open-ended responses to the SVC scale to explore context-specific perceptions. From April 2022 to February 2023, we administered the SVC tool to a purposive sample of 41 participants: 7 vaccinees, 23 willing to receive HBV vaccine, and 11 refusers. Participants had a median age of 32 years, were predominantly affiliated with Revivalist churches, and most reported unemployment and no education beyond secondary school. We observed statistically significant declines across all five vaccine confidence domains when comparing responses before and during the pandemic ( p
Confidence interval · Disease · Distrust · Family medicine · Geography · Pandemic · Vaccination · COVID-19 epidemiological studies · Demography · Hepatitis B Virus Studies · Medicine · Psychology · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy · Immunology · Internal Medicine
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| Highly cited | No |