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Codesigning an intervention to strengthen COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Congolese migrants in the UK (LISOLO MALAMU): a participatory qualitative study protocol.

Crawshaw, AF; Hickey, C; Lutumba, LM; Kitoko, LM; Nkembi, S; Knights, F; Ciftci, Y; Goldsmith, LP; Vandrevala, T; Forster, AS; et al. Crawshaw, AF; Hickey, C; Lutumba, LM; Kitoko, LM; Nkembi, S; Knights, F; Ciftci, Y; Goldsmith, LP; Vandrevala, T; Forster, AS; Hargreaves, S (2023) Codesigning an intervention to strengthen COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Congolese migrants in the UK (LISOLO MALAMU): a participatory qualitative study protocol. BMJ Open, 13 (1). e063462. ISSN 2044-6055 https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063462
SGUL Authors: Crawshaw, Alison Fiona Hargreaves, Sally Goldsmith, Lucy Pollyanna

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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Migrants positively contribute to host societies yet experience barriers to health and vaccination services and systems and are considered to be an underimmunised group in many European countries. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted stark inequities in vaccine uptake, with migrants facing access and informational barriers and lower vaccine confidence. A key challenge, therefore, is developing tailored vaccination interventions, services and systems which account for and respond to the unique drivers of vaccine uptake in different migrant populations. Participatory research approaches, which meaningfully involve communities in co-constructing knowledge and solutions, have generated considerable interest in recent years for those tasked with designing and delivering public health interventions. How such approaches can be used to strengthen initiatives for COVID-19 and routine vaccination merits greater consideration. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: LISOLO MALAMU ('Good Talk') is a community-based participatory research study which uses qualitative and coproduction methodologies to involve adult Congolese migrants in developing a tailored intervention to increase COVID-19 vaccine uptake. Led by a community-academic coalition, the study will involve (1) semistructured in-depth interviews with adult Congolese migrants (born in Democratic Republic of Congo, >18 years), (2) interviews with professional stakeholders and (3) codesign workshops with adult Congolese migrants. Qualitative data will be analysed collaboratively using reflexive thematic analysis, and behaviour change theory will be used in parallel to support the coproduction of interventions and make recommendations across socioecological levels. The study will run from approximately November 2021 to November 2022. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Ethics approval was granted by the St George's University Research Ethics Committee (REC reference: 2021.0128). Study findings will be disseminated to a range of local, national and international audiences, and a community celebration event will be held to show impact and recognise contributions. Recommendations for implementation and evaluation of prototyped interventions will be made.

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Keywords: COVID-19, PRIMARY CARE, PUBLIC HEALTH, QUALITATIVE RESEARCH, Adult, Humans, Transients and Migrants, COVID-19 Vaccines, Pandemics, COVID-19, Qualitative Research, Vaccines, United Kingdom, 1103 Clinical Sciences, 1117 Public Health and Health Services, 1199 Other Medical and Health Sciences
SGUL Research Institute / Research Centre: Academic Structure > Infection and Immunity Research Institute (INII)
Academic Structure > Population Health Research Institute (INPH)
Journal or Publication Title: BMJ Open
ISSN: 2044-6055
Language: eng
Dates:
DateEvent
13 January 2023Published
15 December 2022Accepted
Publisher License: Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
Projects:
Project IDFunderFunder ID
NIHR 300072NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research (HS&DR) programmeUNSPECIFIED
AMS SBF0051111Academy of Medical Scienceshttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000691
UNSPECIFIEDWorld Health Organizationhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100004423
UNSPECIFIEDNovo Nordisk UK Research Foundationhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000329
PubMed ID: 36639215
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URI: https://openaccess.sgul.ac.uk/id/eprint/115098
Publisher's version: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063462

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