Trusted messengers and trusted messages: The role for community-based organizations in promoting COVID-19 and routine immunizations

Shen, Angela K.; Browne, Safa; Srivastava, Tuhina; Kornides, Melanie L.; Tan, Andy S.L.

doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.02.045

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“…Further studies should seek to understand that the extant lessons learned from one type of vaccine research may be transferrable to other vaccines. If vaccine sentiments are transferrable, health stakeholders can potentially use prior vaccine histories and other vaccine communication and education strategies to improve HIV vaccine messaging and enhance vaccine uptake [ 43 , 44 ].…”

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Determinants of an HIV Preventive Vaccine among a Highly Vulnerable Population: African American Men Who Have Sex with Men

Xu,

Choi,

Rosenberger

et al. 2024

Vaccines

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African American men who have sex with men (MSM) are disproportionately impacted by HIV and may benefit from the development of an HIV vaccine. African American MSM are adversely affected by discrimination as a function of both their race and sexual behaviors. This may further increase the challenges associated with persuading them to adopt an HIV vaccine. Developing a knowledge base characterizing African American MSM HIV vaccine perceptions, attitudes, and concerns may help strengthen how healthcare providers and other health stakeholders describe and discuss the advent of an HIV vaccine. This study assessed the knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and intentions related to HIV vaccination among African American MSM. This study comprised 432 African American MSM, 18–64 years, residing in the United States. Vaccine intention was defined as how likely it is that an individual would adopt an HIV vaccine if a vaccine was available and it was 90% effective against HIV, easy to obtain, free, and had few side effects. Relative to African American MSM who intend to delay receiving an HIV vaccination, controlling for age, education, and income, early vaccine adopters who had received ≥ 2 COVID-19 vaccinations and who had high WHO HIV Vaccine Positive Attitude Scale scores were, respectively, 3.2 times and 2.4 times more likely to report the intention to vaccinate within one year. Early vaccine adopters were also 2.4 times more likely to feel that HIV prevention support discriminates against African American MSM. Those reporting three or more sexual partners and medical mistrust were, respectively, 60% and 59% more likely to report the intention to delay HIV vaccination. The lack of a knowledge base on HIV vaccine perceptions and acceptability is a missed opportunity to provide guidance on how stakeholders, such as health providers and policymakers, should address HIV vaccine hesitancy once this crucial vaccine is licensed. The key factors affecting vaccine adoption are valuable in developing and implementing campaigns to enhance the HIV vaccine coverage in this vulnerable population.

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Determinants of an HIV Preventive Vaccine among a Highly Vulnerable Population: African American Men Who Have Sex with Men

Xu,

Choi,

Rosenberger

et al. 2024

Vaccines

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“…This may be primarily attributed to decreased and disrupted access during the pandemic. However, to date, coverage has largely still not returned its pre-pandemic rate, and other factors such as mistrust may be contributing (39,40), particularly for equity-deserving groups who have experienced historical injustices by medical and government systems, lower access to healthcare, lower participation in clinical trials, and high costs of care (41). Behavioural science can provide insight into the reasons why more people may be deciding not to get vaccinated post-pandemic compared to pre-pandemic and help to develop evidence-informed strategies/resources that PHUs can use to increase vaccine acceptance and uptake for routine vaccination programs.…”

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Strategies and resources used by public health units to encourage COVID-19 vaccination among priority groups: a behavioural science-informed review of three urban centres in Canada

Langmuir,

Wilson,

McCleary

et al. 2023

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Background: Ensuring widespread COVID-19 vaccine uptake is a public health priority in Canada and globally, particularly within communities that exhibit lower uptake rates and are at a higher risk of infection. Public health units (PHUs) have leveraged many resources to promote the uptake of recommended COVID-19 vaccine doses. Understanding barriers and enablers to vaccine uptake, and which strategies/resources have been used to address them to date, may help identify areas where further support could be provided. We sought to identify the strategies/resources used by PHUs to promote the uptake of the first and third doses of the COVID-19 vaccine among priority groups in their jurisdictions. We examined the alignment of these existing strategies/resources with behavioral science principles, to inform potential complementary strategies/resources. Methods: We reviewed the online and in-person strategies/resources used by three PHUs in Ontario, Canada to promote COVID-19 vaccine uptake among priority groups (Black and Eastern European populations, and/or neighbourhoods with low vaccine uptake or socioeconomic status). Strategies/resources were identified from PHU websites, social media, and member-checking. We used the Behaviour Change Techniques (BCT) Taxonomy – which describes 93 different ways of supporting behaviour change – to categorise the types of strategies/resources used, and the Theoretical Domains Framework – which synthesises 14 factors that can be barriers or enablers to decisions and actions – to categorise the barriers and enablers addressed by each strategy/resource. Results: PHUs operationalised 21 out of 93 BCTs, ranging from 15–20 BCTs per PHU. The most frequently operationalised BCTs were found in PHU strategies/resources that provided information about COVID-19 infection and vaccines, increased access to COVID-19 vaccination, and integrated social supports such as community ambassadors and engagement sessions with healthcare professionals. Identified BCTs aligned most frequently with addressing barriers and enablers related to Knowledge, Environmental context and resources, and Beliefs about consequences domains. Conclusion: PHUs have used several BCTs to address different barriers and enablers to COVID-19 vaccine uptake for priority groups. Opportunities should be pursued to broaden the scope of BCTs used in strategies/resources and barriers/enablers addressed in general and for prioritised populations to support ongoing and future efforts supporting uptake of COVID-19 vaccine doses.

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“…Directly involving parents and young people in the design of messaging might strengthen the effectiveness of these campaigns. 70 • Trust matters: the message, 71 the messenger, 63 and the (vaccinated) provider 57 -Substantial amounts of anti-vaccine messaging comes from non-medically qualified, or non-expert, voices on social media. 72 Thus, medical professionals are under-represented when it comes to legitimate and accurate information about vaccines on social media, 73 despite typically being the most trusted sources (especially among parents 74 ).…”

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Behavioural interventions to reduce vaccine hesitancy driven by misinformation on social media

Ruggeri,

Vanderslott,

Yamada

et al. 2024

BMJ

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Trusted messengers and trusted messages: The role for community-based organizations in promoting COVID-19 and routine immunizations

Cited by 29 publications

References 28 publications

Determinants of an HIV Preventive Vaccine among a Highly Vulnerable Population: African American Men Who Have Sex with Men

Determinants of an HIV Preventive Vaccine among a Highly Vulnerable Population: African American Men Who Have Sex with Men

Strategies and resources used by public health units to encourage COVID-19 vaccination among priority groups: a behavioural science-informed review of three urban centres in Canada

Behavioural interventions to reduce vaccine hesitancy driven by misinformation on social media

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