Examining COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Nairobi, Kenya, Using the Modified 5 Cs Model

Christine Crudo Blackburn1, Leila H Abdullahi1, Tim Callaghan1

  • 1Christine Crudo Blackburn, PhD, is an Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy & Management and USA Center for Rural Public Health Preparedness; and Jessica Hernandez, MPH, was an MPH Student at time of research, Department of Health Behavior; both in the School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. Leila H. Abdullahi, PhD, is a Senior Researcher and Policy Analyst, African Institute for Development Policy, Nairobi, Kenya. Tim Callaghan, PhD, is an Associate Professor, Department of Health Law, Policy & Management, School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA. Brian Colwell, PhD, is a Professor, and Tasmiah Nuzhath, DrPH, is an Assistant Professor; both in the Department of Global Health and Population, T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

Health Security
|March 3, 2025
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