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Research Article

Multi-method findings on COVID-19 vaccine acceptability among urban refugee adolescents and youth in Kampala, Uganda

Carmen H. Logiea Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada;b Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Canada;c United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment & Health, Hamilton, Canada;d Centre for Gender & Sexual Health Equity, Vancouver, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Moses Okumue School of Social Work, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2555-3077View further author information
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Isha Berryf Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3138-664XView further author information
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Alyssa McAlpinea Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1591-4107View further author information
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Daniel Kibuuka Musokeg International Research Consortium, Kampala, UgandaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2793-1580View further author information
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Robert Hakizah Young African Refugees for Integral Development (YARID), Kampala, UgandaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7857-9436View further author information
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Amaya Perez-Brumerf Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2441-4358View further author information
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Stefan Barali Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5482-2419View further author information
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Peter Kyambaddej National AIDS Control Program, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda;k Most At Risk Population Initiative Clinic, Mulago Hospital, Kampala, UgandaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9606-218XView further author information
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Article: 2185800 | Received 23 Aug 2022, Accepted 07 Feb 2023, Published online: 08 Mar 2023

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