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Uncovering the Drivers of Childhood Immunization Inequality with Caregivers, Community Members and Health System Stakeholders: Results from a Human-Centered Design Study in DRC, Mozambique and Nigeria

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by JSI

This study aimed to identify barriers and context-appropriate solutions by engaging deeply with caregivers, community members, health workers, and other health system actors through participatory action research, intersectionality, and human-centered design lenses. In addition to providing insight into the multi-faceted barriers that caregivers of zero-dose children experience, this article shows how non-traditional MEL methods, such as human-centered design and an intersectionality lens, can be used to better understand the drivers of zero-dose and inform pro-equity strategies to identify and reach zero-dose children and their communities. It also provides recommendations on how human-centered design and intersectionality approaches can be incorporated into immunization research and program planning, management, and implementation.

Author
Jessica C. Shearer, Olivia Nava, Wendy Prosser, Saira Nawaz, Salva Mulongo, Thérèse Mambu, Eric Mafuta, Khatia Munguambe, Betuel Sigauque, Yakubu Joel Cherima, Olawale Durosinmi-Etti, Obehi Okojie, Idris Suleman Hadejia, Femi Oyewole, Dessie Ayalew Mekonnen, Natasha Kanagat, Carol Hooks, Rebecca Fields, Vanessa Richart and Grace Chee
Country(ies)
Global
Nigeria
IRMMA
Identify
Reach
Language
English
Resource Type
Journal article
Technical/Focus Area(s)
Equity
Evaluation
Gender
Zero-Dose Context
Conflict zones
Rural remote
Urban