Cargando…

Community-Based Approaches to Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake and Demand: Lessons Learned from Four UNICEF-Supported Interventions

Vaccination is critical to minimize serious illness and death from COVID-19. Yet uptake of COVID-19 vaccines remains highly variable, particularly among marginalized communities. This article shares lessons learned from four UNICEF interventions that supported Governments to generate acceptance and...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Hopkins, Kathryn L., Underwood, Talya, Iddrisu, Iddi, Woldemeskel, Hanna, Bon, Helena Ballester, Brouwers, Symen, De Almeida, Sofia, Fol, Natalie, Malhotra, Alka, Prasad, Shalini, Bharadwaj, Sowmyaa, Bhatnagar, Aarunima, Knobler, Stacey, Lihemo, Gloria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10384848/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37514996
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11071180
_version_ 1785081257984524288
author Hopkins, Kathryn L.
Underwood, Talya
Iddrisu, Iddi
Woldemeskel, Hanna
Bon, Helena Ballester
Brouwers, Symen
De Almeida, Sofia
Fol, Natalie
Malhotra, Alka
Prasad, Shalini
Bharadwaj, Sowmyaa
Bhatnagar, Aarunima
Knobler, Stacey
Lihemo, Gloria
author_facet Hopkins, Kathryn L.
Underwood, Talya
Iddrisu, Iddi
Woldemeskel, Hanna
Bon, Helena Ballester
Brouwers, Symen
De Almeida, Sofia
Fol, Natalie
Malhotra, Alka
Prasad, Shalini
Bharadwaj, Sowmyaa
Bhatnagar, Aarunima
Knobler, Stacey
Lihemo, Gloria
author_sort Hopkins, Kathryn L.
collection PubMed
description Vaccination is critical to minimize serious illness and death from COVID-19. Yet uptake of COVID-19 vaccines remains highly variable, particularly among marginalized communities. This article shares lessons learned from four UNICEF interventions that supported Governments to generate acceptance and demand for COVID-19 vaccines in Zambia, Iraq, Ghana, and India. In Zambia, community rapid assessment provided invaluable real-time insights around COVID-19 vaccination and allowed the identification of population segments that share beliefs and motivations regarding COVID-19 vaccination. Findings were subsequently used to develop recommendations tailored to the different personas. In Iraq, a new outreach approach (3iS: Intensification of Integrated Immunization) utilized direct community engagement to deliver health messages and encourage service uptake, resulting in over 4.4 million doses of COVID-19 and routine immunization vaccines delivered in just 8 months. In Ghana, a human-centered design initiative was applied to co-develop community-informed strategies to improve COVID-19 vaccination rates. In India, a risk communication and community engagement initiative reached half a million people over six months, translating into a 25% increase in vaccination rates. These shared approaches can be leveraged to improve COVID-19 vaccination coverage and close gaps in routine immunization across diverse and marginalized communities.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-10384848
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2023
publisher MDPI
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-103848482023-07-30 Community-Based Approaches to Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake and Demand: Lessons Learned from Four UNICEF-Supported Interventions Hopkins, Kathryn L. Underwood, Talya Iddrisu, Iddi Woldemeskel, Hanna Bon, Helena Ballester Brouwers, Symen De Almeida, Sofia Fol, Natalie Malhotra, Alka Prasad, Shalini Bharadwaj, Sowmyaa Bhatnagar, Aarunima Knobler, Stacey Lihemo, Gloria Vaccines (Basel) Article Vaccination is critical to minimize serious illness and death from COVID-19. Yet uptake of COVID-19 vaccines remains highly variable, particularly among marginalized communities. This article shares lessons learned from four UNICEF interventions that supported Governments to generate acceptance and demand for COVID-19 vaccines in Zambia, Iraq, Ghana, and India. In Zambia, community rapid assessment provided invaluable real-time insights around COVID-19 vaccination and allowed the identification of population segments that share beliefs and motivations regarding COVID-19 vaccination. Findings were subsequently used to develop recommendations tailored to the different personas. In Iraq, a new outreach approach (3iS: Intensification of Integrated Immunization) utilized direct community engagement to deliver health messages and encourage service uptake, resulting in over 4.4 million doses of COVID-19 and routine immunization vaccines delivered in just 8 months. In Ghana, a human-centered design initiative was applied to co-develop community-informed strategies to improve COVID-19 vaccination rates. In India, a risk communication and community engagement initiative reached half a million people over six months, translating into a 25% increase in vaccination rates. These shared approaches can be leveraged to improve COVID-19 vaccination coverage and close gaps in routine immunization across diverse and marginalized communities. MDPI 2023-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC10384848/ /pubmed/37514996 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11071180 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
spellingShingle Article
Hopkins, Kathryn L.
Underwood, Talya
Iddrisu, Iddi
Woldemeskel, Hanna
Bon, Helena Ballester
Brouwers, Symen
De Almeida, Sofia
Fol, Natalie
Malhotra, Alka
Prasad, Shalini
Bharadwaj, Sowmyaa
Bhatnagar, Aarunima
Knobler, Stacey
Lihemo, Gloria
Community-Based Approaches to Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake and Demand: Lessons Learned from Four UNICEF-Supported Interventions
title Community-Based Approaches to Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake and Demand: Lessons Learned from Four UNICEF-Supported Interventions
title_full Community-Based Approaches to Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake and Demand: Lessons Learned from Four UNICEF-Supported Interventions
title_fullStr Community-Based Approaches to Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake and Demand: Lessons Learned from Four UNICEF-Supported Interventions
title_full_unstemmed Community-Based Approaches to Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake and Demand: Lessons Learned from Four UNICEF-Supported Interventions
title_short Community-Based Approaches to Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake and Demand: Lessons Learned from Four UNICEF-Supported Interventions
title_sort community-based approaches to increase covid-19 vaccine uptake and demand: lessons learned from four unicef-supported interventions
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10384848/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37514996
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11071180
work_keys_str_mv AT hopkinskathrynl communitybasedapproachestoincreasecovid19vaccineuptakeanddemandlessonslearnedfromfourunicefsupportedinterventions
AT underwoodtalya communitybasedapproachestoincreasecovid19vaccineuptakeanddemandlessonslearnedfromfourunicefsupportedinterventions
AT iddrisuiddi communitybasedapproachestoincreasecovid19vaccineuptakeanddemandlessonslearnedfromfourunicefsupportedinterventions
AT woldemeskelhanna communitybasedapproachestoincreasecovid19vaccineuptakeanddemandlessonslearnedfromfourunicefsupportedinterventions
AT bonhelenaballester communitybasedapproachestoincreasecovid19vaccineuptakeanddemandlessonslearnedfromfourunicefsupportedinterventions
AT brouwerssymen communitybasedapproachestoincreasecovid19vaccineuptakeanddemandlessonslearnedfromfourunicefsupportedinterventions
AT dealmeidasofia communitybasedapproachestoincreasecovid19vaccineuptakeanddemandlessonslearnedfromfourunicefsupportedinterventions
AT folnatalie communitybasedapproachestoincreasecovid19vaccineuptakeanddemandlessonslearnedfromfourunicefsupportedinterventions
AT malhotraalka communitybasedapproachestoincreasecovid19vaccineuptakeanddemandlessonslearnedfromfourunicefsupportedinterventions
AT prasadshalini communitybasedapproachestoincreasecovid19vaccineuptakeanddemandlessonslearnedfromfourunicefsupportedinterventions
AT bharadwajsowmyaa communitybasedapproachestoincreasecovid19vaccineuptakeanddemandlessonslearnedfromfourunicefsupportedinterventions
AT bhatnagaraarunima communitybasedapproachestoincreasecovid19vaccineuptakeanddemandlessonslearnedfromfourunicefsupportedinterventions
AT knoblerstacey communitybasedapproachestoincreasecovid19vaccineuptakeanddemandlessonslearnedfromfourunicefsupportedinterventions
AT lihemogloria communitybasedapproachestoincreasecovid19vaccineuptakeanddemandlessonslearnedfromfourunicefsupportedinterventions