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| Title |
Community perceptions of a malaria vaccine in the Kintampo districts of Ghana
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Malaria Journal, May 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1475-2875-12-156 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Lawrence G Febir, Kwaku P Asante, Dan-Bright S Dzorgbo, Kojo A Senah, Timothy S Letsa, Seth Owusu-Agyei |
| Abstract |
Malaria remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa despite tools currently available for its control. Making malaria vaccine available for routine use will be a major hallmark, but its acceptance by community members and health professionals within the health system could pose considerable challenge as has been found with the introduction of polio vaccinations in parts of West Africa. Some of these challenges may not be expected since decisions people make are many a time driven by a complex myriad of perceptions. This paper reports knowledge and perceptions of community members in the Kintampo area of Ghana where malaria vaccine trials have been ongoing as part of the drive for the first-ever licensed malaria vaccine in the near future. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 2 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 239 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Ghana | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 236 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 53 | 22% |
| Student > Bachelor | 27 | 11% |
| Researcher | 24 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 21 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 11 | 5% |
| Other | 29 | 12% |
| Unknown | 74 | 31% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 40 | 17% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 34 | 14% |
| Social Sciences | 32 | 13% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 15 | 6% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 3% |
| Other | 29 | 12% |
| Unknown | 82 | 34% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 June 2013.
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#4,179
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#113,063
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#51
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