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Community efforts to promote vaccine uptake in a rural setting: a qualitative interview study

Vaccine hesitancy has been identified as one of the top 10 threats to global health. The causes of low vaccine uptake are many and vary at micro and macro levels. However, rural and remote coastal areas in the UK experience unique vaccine inequalities due to high levels of deprivation and their uniq...

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Autores principales: Nanyonjo, Agnes, Nelson, David, Sayers, Emma, Lall, Priya, Vernon-Wilson, Elizabeth, Tetui, Moses, Grindrod, Kelly, Kane, Ros, Gussy, Mark, Siriwardena, Niro
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10406424/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37549195
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daad088
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author Nanyonjo, Agnes
Nelson, David
Sayers, Emma
Lall, Priya
Vernon-Wilson, Elizabeth
Tetui, Moses
Grindrod, Kelly
Kane, Ros
Gussy, Mark
Siriwardena, Niro
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Nelson, David
Sayers, Emma
Lall, Priya
Vernon-Wilson, Elizabeth
Tetui, Moses
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description Vaccine hesitancy has been identified as one of the top 10 threats to global health. The causes of low vaccine uptake are many and vary at micro and macro levels. However, rural and remote coastal areas in the UK experience unique vaccine inequalities due to high levels of deprivation and their unique and complex access-related problems. This study aimed to explore community efforts to promote vaccine uptake during the COVID-19 pandemic and understand how the COVID-19 vaccination campaign was experienced by the public. We conducted an exploratory descriptive qualitative study using semi-structured interviews with decision-makers, health professionals and community members in Lincolnshire, a predominantly rural county with a long coastline, a large population of white minority ethnicities, and those living in caravan and temporary housing. Data were analysed using conventional content analysis. Overcoming the various access barriers to vaccination uptake involved working with local media stations, local communities and local community groups, translation of information, bringing vaccines closer to the people through pop-up and mobile clinics and provision of transport and ensuring confidentiality. There is a need to employ inclusive targeted non-conventional care interventions whilst dealing with complex problems as occur in rural and remote coastal regions.
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spelling pubmed-104064242023-08-08 Community efforts to promote vaccine uptake in a rural setting: a qualitative interview study Nanyonjo, Agnes Nelson, David Sayers, Emma Lall, Priya Vernon-Wilson, Elizabeth Tetui, Moses Grindrod, Kelly Kane, Ros Gussy, Mark Siriwardena, Niro Health Promot Int Article Vaccine hesitancy has been identified as one of the top 10 threats to global health. The causes of low vaccine uptake are many and vary at micro and macro levels. However, rural and remote coastal areas in the UK experience unique vaccine inequalities due to high levels of deprivation and their unique and complex access-related problems. This study aimed to explore community efforts to promote vaccine uptake during the COVID-19 pandemic and understand how the COVID-19 vaccination campaign was experienced by the public. We conducted an exploratory descriptive qualitative study using semi-structured interviews with decision-makers, health professionals and community members in Lincolnshire, a predominantly rural county with a long coastline, a large population of white minority ethnicities, and those living in caravan and temporary housing. Data were analysed using conventional content analysis. Overcoming the various access barriers to vaccination uptake involved working with local media stations, local communities and local community groups, translation of information, bringing vaccines closer to the people through pop-up and mobile clinics and provision of transport and ensuring confidentiality. There is a need to employ inclusive targeted non-conventional care interventions whilst dealing with complex problems as occur in rural and remote coastal regions. Oxford University Press 2023-08-07 /pmc/articles/PMC10406424/ /pubmed/37549195 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daad088 Text en © The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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