Katrine Bach Habersaat's research while affiliated with Copenhagen Trial Unit and other places

... Improving accessibility of resources and using tailored public health messaging may reduce inequities [32]. In addition, using the WHO Tailoring Immunisation Programmes approach can help us understand specific barriers in communities identified as having lower coverage [33,34]. ...

... Globally, risk perception of COVID-19 is generally high, however factors such as trust in government, the degree of collective efficacy, and the level of adoption of protective health behaviors can lessen public risk perception [26]. As the pandemic in FBiH experienced several periods of resurgence and decline in cases, people in the FBiH may have become fatigued with maintaining preventative measures [27] The Institute for Public Health of the FBiH, with support from the WHO Regional Office for Europe, conducted a behavioral insights survey to monitor knowledge, risk perceptions, preventive behaviors, and trust to inform the pandemic outbreak response; the study suggests that high risk perception, high trust in institutions (in regards to information dissemination), and negative affect about the pandemic were associated with positive vaccination intentions [28,29]. ...

... Increasing the use of AVB is influenced by decision-making processes and involves behavioural change. 50 The COM-B model, one of the most widely used frameworks to understand behaviour, proposes that three essential conditions (capability, opportunity and motivation) interact to generate any behaviour. 51 Interventions that focus exclusively on healthcare providers' education and training (capability) may ignore other aspects, such as personal motivation and opportunity (social and physical environmental factors), that could play an important role in increasing the use of AVB. ...

... The higher scores indicate higher levels of vaccine hesitancy (Cronbach's alfa=0.85) [13]. ...

... It has been successfully used in 12 countries (e.g. [42][43][44][45]. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, for example, interviews with HCP identified drivers and barriers for vaccination 46 and informed subsequent policy recommendations. ...

... The WHO Regional Office for Europe developed the Tailoring Immunization Programmes (TIP) approach to support vaccine uptake. 106 The TIP approach adapted the BCW for vaccine-related concerns and highlights the importance of understanding barriers to vaccination before developing interventions. Other researchers have been using the BCW to identify factors affecting influenza vaccine uptake in adults with chronic respiratory conditions 107 and health-care workers in long-term care facilities, 108 as well as designing an implementation intervention to increase HPV vaccinations in primary care. ...

... This knowledge is essential for determining intervention measures and initiating communication campaigns. This would help in increasing the awareness and assurance of the public about vaccine safety and efficacy and result in limiting the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV2) [19,20]. This study aimed at estimating the level of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among university students in Egypt, their knowledge, and beliefs towards COVID-19 vaccination together with actual uptake of the vaccine. ...

... It has been successfully used in 12 countries (e.g. [42][43][44][45]. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, for example, interviews with HCP identified drivers and barriers for vaccination 46 and informed subsequent policy recommendations. ...

... [11][12][13] To better understand the contributing causes of the last measles outbreak, in 2017, a survey was conducted with a representative sample of 700 caregivers of confirmed and probable measles cases. 14,15 Findings pointed to some important service and systems-related challenges, such as costs, lack of information and lack of supply. Findings of other qualitative studies have shown that low vaccine confidence was a barrier to vaccine uptake in Romania. ...

... One of the main purposes of the vaccine hesitancy literature is to identify and classify people for targeting specific interventions [19][20][21]. In fact, evidence suggests that it is crucial to customize intervention strategies targeting a specific subpopulation to enhance the acceptance and uptake rate of vaccination [22][23][24]. In this sense, the empirical identification of subpopulations and their characteristics with regards to vaccine hesitancy will serve as key components of a successful vaccination strategy. ...