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The problem
Intervention: Mixed-methods assessment of barriers to vaccination uptake through quantitative household survey and qualitative focus group discussions and interviews to identify systemic, social, and individual factors affecting immunization attendance and scheduling compliance
Who it was tested with: 210 households with children aged 6 years and under across three districts of Kigali city, Rwanda; 3 focus groups and 6 interviews in communities not included in quantitative survey.
Experience from people who deliver programmes: stories, case studies and lessons learned. Valuable for understanding how and why, and for spotting what to test next, but not a measure of effect.
"A mixed-methods study was implemented on a sample of 210 households and communities across the three districts of the City of Kigali. The quantitative study used a multistage sampling technique according to the WHO Immunization Coverage Survey to select the households from the districts of Kigali city. While the 3 focus group discussions and 6 interviews were implemented in communities not included in the quantitative survey. A thematic analysis was performed on the qualitative data." The study identifies barriers to recall-based vaccination maintenance rather than testing a specific intervention to improve uptake, making it a descriptive assessment using a mixed-methods approach.
Study relies on recall-based vaccination records rather than verified immunization data; cannot establish causation or magnitude of effect for identified barriers; limited to one city in Rwanda; no comparison group to contrast with areas without these barriers
Across countries and designs
3 studies · 3 countries
