Strategies to improve vaccination uptake in Australia, a systematic review of types and effectiveness

Ward, Kirsten; Chow, Maria Yui Kwan; King, Catherine; Leask, Julie

doi:10.1111/j.1753-6405.2012.00897.x

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“…); reminder and recall interventions; multi-component interventions that also enhance access to vaccination services and reduce missed opportunities by vaccination providers and vaccine requirements for daycare or school entry [12]. Similar conclusions were reached by Ward et al who reviewed strategies to increase vaccination uptake in Australia and by Williams et al who looked at strategies to optimise vaccine uptake among preschool children in high-income countries [23,26].…”

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confidence: 63%

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Strategies intended to address vaccine hesitancy: Review of published reviews

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Gagnon

MacDonald

2015

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When faced with vaccine hesitancy, public health authorities are looking for effective strategies to address this issue. In this paper, the findings of 15 published literature reviews or meta-analysis that have examined the effectiveness of different interventions to reduce vaccine hesitancy and/or to enhance vaccine acceptance are presented and discussed. From the literature, there is no strong evidence to recommend any specific intervention to address vaccine hesitancy/refusal. The reviewed studies included interventions with diverse content and approaches that were implemented in different settings and targeted various populations. Few interventions were directly targeted to vaccine hesitant individuals. Given the paucity of information on effective strategies to address vaccine hesitancy, when interventions are implemented, planning a rigorous evaluation of their impact on vaccine hesitancy/vaccine acceptance will be essential.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 63%

“…The search strategy yielded 15 literature reviews or metaanalysis that met the eligibility criteria [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]. The majority of these were published in the last 3 years (9/15).…”

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Strategies intended to address vaccine hesitancy: Review of published reviews

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Gagnon

MacDonald

2015

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“…While rates of childhood vaccination are high and stable in the developed world, (Dube et al, 2013, Ward et al, 2012 vaccine hesitancy and refusal (VHR) remains a problem, particularly because of enclaves with much lower rates of vaccination. Low vaccine coverage rates put communities at risk of outbreaks (Omer et al, 2008), during which vaccine-preventable diseases may infect those too young to be vaccinated, those whose immunity has waned, those whose immune systems are compromised, and those for whom vaccines did not 'take' in terms of the individual developing the required immune response .…”

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Parenting as politics: social identity theory and vaccine hesitant communities

Attwell

Smith

2017

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a theoretical framework for understanding the identity politics associated with parental hesitancy and refusal of vaccines for their children (“vaccine hesitancy or refusal” or “VHR”). Understanding these identity politics helps policymakers to craft appropriate communication interventions that do not make the problem worse. Design/methodology/approach Social identity theory is a way of understanding how group identities develop around the lifestyle practices that often include refusal to vaccinate, and how this group identity is accentuated by conflict with the pro-vaccinating societal mainstream. This paper critically appraises existing studies of VHR to explore this groupness across many different contexts. Findings Groupness is evident across many different contexts. There are also key group characteristics: preference for natural birth and breastfeeding, nature as a concept and use of complementary and alternative medicine. Research limitations/implications The paper is speculative and theoretical, using existing sources. Future studies will need to demonstrate empirically with new data. However, this theoretical approach sets up a new research agenda. Social implications These findings can help governments and policymakers minimise social conflict that risks further polarising vaccine conversations and wedging parents on the fence. Originality/value This paper argues that the decision to vaccinate or not is an inherently social one, not a matter of pure individual rationality. This is a novel approach to engaging with what is often characterised and studied as an individual decision.

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“…The existence of national and state-level policies that support young people's access to condoms is a key indicator in the UNAIDS 2004 Guide to Monitoring and Evaluating National HIV/AIDS Prevention Programmes for Young People, 11 and Queensland Health's HIV/AIDS Strategy document in 1999 12 appropriately identified condom access in remote communities as a key priority. However, a policy to support condom access for remote-living young people in Queensland has been conspicuous by its absence in the decade since.…”

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“…Our 2012 papers have been about papillomavirus, 4 tuberculosis, 5 chlamydia, 6 hepatitis B, 7 pandemic influenza, 8 pertussis, 9 Ross River virus, 10 'flu immunisation 11 and immunisation in general. 12,13 They cover many areas of understanding, from analysis of outbreaks, thinking about legal requirements, techniques for enhancing surveillance, interesting case studies and outbreak reports, and demonstrate a huge range of investigative and analytical techniques.…”

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Robinson

2012

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

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Strategies to improve vaccination uptake in Australia, a systematic review of types and effectiveness

Cited by 43 publications

References 67 publications

Strategies intended to address vaccine hesitancy: Review of published reviews

Strategies intended to address vaccine hesitancy: Review of published reviews

Parenting as politics: social identity theory and vaccine hesitant communities

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