Behavioural Considerations for Acceptance and Uptake of COVID-19 Vaccine

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In recent years, there has been a great deal of research on vaccination uptake and its behavioural drivers. While the evidence is still evolving, these efforts have resulted in a better understanding of the barriers and enablers to vaccination – especially, but not only, for child vaccination. Research efforts have also generated potentially effective strategies to improve vaccine acceptance and uptake, which go beyond traditional information campaigns aspiring to change behaviours by improving knowledge. Information on its own has shown a limited impact on facilitating vaccination uptake, but adding other strategies – such as reducing barriers, using
reminders and planning prompts, and training and building confidence in health workers – has been shown to be effective.