What must be done to tackle vaccine hesitancy and barriers to COVID-19 vaccination in migrants?

Alison F Crawshaw; Anna Deal; Kieran Rustage; Alice S Forster; Ines Campos-Matos; Tushna Vandrevala; Andrea Würz; Anastasia Pharris; Jonathan E Suk; John Kinsman; Charlotte Deogan; Anna Miller; Silvia Declich; Chris Greenaway; Teymur Noori; Sally Hargreaves

doi:10.1093/jtm/taab048

What must be done to tackle vaccine hesitancy and barriers to COVID-19 vaccination in migrants?

J Travel Med. 2021 Jun 1;28(4):taab048. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taab048.

Authors

Alison F Crawshaw¹, Anna Deal^{1

2}, Kieran Rustage¹, Alice S Forster³, Ines Campos-Matos⁴, Tushna Vandrevala⁵, Andrea Würz⁶, Anastasia Pharris⁶, Jonathan E Suk⁶, John Kinsman⁶, Charlotte Deogan⁶, Anna Miller⁷, Silvia Declich⁸, Chris Greenaway⁹, Teymur Noori⁶, Sally Hargreaves¹

Affiliations

¹ Migrant Health Research Group, Institute for Infection and Immunity, St George's, University of London, SW17 0RE London, UK.
² Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, WC1E 7HT London, UK.
³ Department of Behavioural Science and Health, University College London, WC1E 6BT London, UK.
⁴ Health Improvement Division, Public Health England, SE1 8UG London, UK and UCL Collaborative Centre for Inclusion Health, University College London, WC1E 6BT London, UK.
⁵ Department of Psychology, Kingston University London, Kingston KT2 7LB, UK.
⁶ Disease Programmes (AW, AP, JK, CD, TN); Public Health Functions (JES), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm SE-Solna, Sweden.
⁷ Policy & Advocacy Division, Doctors of the World UK, part of the Médicins du Monde network, E14 5AA London, UK.
⁸ National Centre for Global Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161 Roma RM, Italy.
⁹ Department of Medicine, McGill University Montreal, H3A 1A1 Quebec, Canada.

Abstract

Migrants have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 and emerging evidence suggests they may face barriers to COVID-19 vaccination. Participatory approaches and engagement strategies are urgently needed to strengthen uptake, alongside innovative delivery mechanisms and sharing of best practice, to ensure migrants are better consider within countries’ existing vaccine priority structures.

Keywords: COVID-19; Migrants; vaccination.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / prevention & control*
COVID-19 Vaccines / administration & dosage*
Humans
Transients and Migrants / psychology*
Vaccination / psychology*

Substances

COVID-19 Vaccines