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Community Decision-making - Vaccination 12 Times More Likely

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Strategy researched

Engaging communities in decision-making and action through traditional and religious leaders

Impact achieved

12 times more likely children in intervention clusters received at least one vaccine vs. in control & 1.66 times more likely to have their pentavalent vaccination completed. 22% increase in the timeliness for the measles vaccine.

Country of study

Nigeria

Research methodology

Cluster RCT

Journal

PLOS ONE; 2021

Journal paper title and link

Effects of engaging communities in decision-making and action through traditional and religious leaders on vaccination coverage in Cross River State, Nigeria: A cluster-randomised control trial

Excerpt from Abstract

"The intervention was effective in increasing the proportion with at least one vaccine (OR 12.13 95% CI 6.03–24.41p<0.001). However, there was no evidence of an impact on the proportion of children up-to-date with vaccination (p = 0.69). It was effective in improving timeliness of Pentavalent 3 (OR 1.55; 95% CI: 1.14, 2.12; p = 0.005) and Measles (OR 2.81; 96% CI: 1.93–4.1; p<0.001) vaccination. The odds of completing Pentavalent vaccination increased (OR = 1.66 95% CI: 1.08,2.55)."

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