Publications by authors named "Lily L Tsai"
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- - This study investigates COVID-19 vaccine uptake among Nigerian adults across the six geopolitical zones, highlighting the low vaccination rates especially in the Northern regions, where 65.5% of respondents hadn't received the vaccine.
- - Utilizing a cross-sectional survey of 1,148 adults, the research identifies factors influencing vaccine acceptance, such as age, sex, occupation, and region, showing that about half of the participants had not been vaccinated, while 70% of unvaccinated individuals expressed intentions to receive the vaccine.
- - The study emphasizes the need for targeted public health strategies to improve vaccine uptake in Nigeria, considering the country’s diverse cultural and demographic landscape.
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- The study investigates sex differences in COVID-19 vaccine uptake and intention to vaccinate across four African countries: DRC, Nigeria, Senegal, and Uganda, using data from mobile surveys conducted from March to June 2022.!
- Findings show that while self-reported vaccination rates were similar between males and females, males had a significantly higher intention to vaccinate, influenced by factors like trust in health authorities and their residence type.!
- Trust in government institutions and the perceived truthfulness of information were crucial in determining vaccine uptake and intentions for both sexes, highlighting the importance of these factors in designing effective vaccination campaigns.
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- The study focused on the uptake of COVID-19 vaccines among adults in Uganda, highlighting that 49.7% of participants were vaccinated, with intentions for future vaccination high among the unvaccinated (91%).
- Key reasons for vaccination included personal protection from COVID-19, while non-uptake was primarily due to vaccine availability issues and concerns about safety and effectiveness.
- Factors influencing vaccine uptake included older age, higher education levels, medium-income status, and reliance on health workers for information, with recommendations for improving vaccine access and utilizing health workers to boost vaccination rates.
Is it possible to reduce crime without exacerbating adversarial relationships between police and citizens? Community policing is a celebrated reform with that aim, which is now adopted on six continents. However, the evidence base is limited, studying reform components in isolation in a limited set of countries, and remaining largely silent on citizen-police trust. We designed six field experiments with Global South police agencies to study locally designed models of community policing using coordinated measures of crime and the attitudes and behaviors of citizens and police.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTrust in government has long been viewed as an important determinant of citizens' compliance with public health policies, especially in times of crisis. Yet evidence on this relationship remains scarce, particularly in the developing world. We use results from a representative survey conducted during the 2014-15 Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) epidemic in Monrovia, Liberia to assess the relationship between trust in government and compliance with EVD control interventions.
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