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"No expert has more knowledge than a caregiver, nurse, or a community health worker about how to solve their most pressing problems.

"This case study of Nepal suggests that the success of its national immunization program relied on the engagement and understanding of the beneficiaries." Nepal has outperformed its peers by increasing its diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis vaccine (DTP3) coverage from 74% and 93% between 2000 and 2019.

"The findings draw essential information for social change interventions that target improvement in womens and girls wellbeing." In Uganda, the lifetime prevalence of physical or sexual intimate partner violence (IPV) among ever-partnered women is 56%.

"Theoretically-anchored research is needed to understand college mens HPV vaccination decision-making and inform interventions." College men are particularly vulnerable to human papillomavirus (HPV) due to both high rates of risky sexual activity and low vaccination rates, yet only 49-50% of college men in the United States (US) are vaccinated aga

"[I]t is essential to build the trust of parents/caregivers regarding vaccine benefits, vaccine side effects, and vaccination schedules by providing vaccine-related education and information materials." Compared to routine immunisation activities, Pakistan has historically reported a higher number of immunisation refusal incidents during mass immun

"Ultimately, reinforcing a narrative of cohesion and shared commitment is critical to building a social movement to end the pandemic." Data from a survey early in the COVID-19 pandemic suggested that people in Côte dIvoire had high awareness of the recommended prevention behaviours, but compliance was influenced to a greater extent by individuals

"The use of peer-to-peer education should be encouraged and consistently adopted to improve knowledge of pertinent health issues among young people." Peer education is an approach to health promotion in which community members are supported to promote health-enhancing change among their peers.

"...the significance of investigating the current stage of media coverage and public perception about the HPV vaccine, which can benefit the practice of tailoring health education on HPV vaccination..."

"In this environment, it is essential that vaccination programmes localise - by taking careful account of the local context, improving local ownership of the programmes, understanding and mitigating the issues at a grassroots level, and tailoring efforts to achieve polio eradication goals."

This book is a step-by-step guide for correctly applying Fishbein and Ajzen’s theories which together form “ . . the dominant conceptual framework for predicting, explaining, and changing human social behavior” (Ajzen, 2012).