title: The potential acceptability of infant vaccination against malaria: A mapping of parental positions in Togo.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To map the acceptability to parents in Togo of infant vaccination against malaria.
  
  
  METHODS
  From July to October 2014, a study of 209 parents of infants in Togo was conducted to assess their willingness to have their infants vaccinated against malaria. Participants were exposed to 48 vignettes, designed using the main constructs of health-protective theories.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Five qualitatively different positions were found, which were labeled Neighbors' Attitude (5%), Cost Only (21%), Neighbors' Attitude and Cost (22%), Risk and Cost (33%), and Always Vaccine (20%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The diversity of parental positions regarding vaccinating their infants against malaria implies that malaria vaccination campaigns in Togo, and possibly in other sub-Saharan African countries, must not be "one size fits all," but must be tailored in design and implementation to match the diversity of parents' needs and views.
authors.affiliation: University of Québec (TELUQ), Montréal, Canada. Electronic address: lonzozou.kpanake@teluq.ca.
authors.forename: Lonzozou
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kpanake
authors.affiliation: Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, USA. Electronic address: sorump@mail.amc.edu.
authors.forename: Paul Clay
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Sorum
authors.affiliation: Institute of Advanced Studies (EPHE), Paris, France. Electronic address: etienne.mullet@wanadoo.fr.
authors.forename: Etienne
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mullet
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008288:Malaria / Q000517:prevention & control; D017780:Malaria Vaccines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D014037:Togo; D014611:Vaccination / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D017780:Malaria Vaccines
keywords: Acceptability; Infants; Malaria vaccine; Mapping; Togo