A review of Covid-19 vaccine uptake and hesitancy in children and young people.
Introduction
Vaccination is an effective intervention to reduce morbidity and mortality from Covid-19 across all ages. However, different ages have different experiences and face different challenges regarding vaccination that impacts on vaccination uptake. Younger people have experienced particular difficulties through covid lockdown and on vaccination responses. Understanding these experiences and effective strategies to address challenges in this group could help inform the delivery of future vaccination efforts and are important to get right as experiences could affect additional vaccination strategies and health engagement in general. Understanding which and how strategies addressed inequalities and promoted access of vaccines to those who needed them the most are crucial as healthcare systems plan for future waves and strive to improve engagement and health for, in particular, underserved communities.
Project aims
- To identify the range of evidence about promoting Covid-19 Vaccine uptake and reducing hesitancy in children and young people (CYP)
- To identify and contextualise the potential strategies to address vaccine hesitancy in CYP
Resources
Daksha Trivedi, Monica Huerga Molillos, Laura Hamilton, Claire Thompson, Angelique Mavrodaris. Covid-19 vaccine uptake and hesitancy in children and young people: a systematic review. PROSPERO 2022 CRD42022347877 Available from: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42022347877
Who is involved
- Principal Investigator: Daksha Trivedi, University of Hertfordshire
- Laura Hamilton, Monica Huerga Malillos, and Claire Thompson at the University of Hertfordshire.
- Office for Health Improvement and Disparities and NHSE (East of England)
Contact us
Daksha Trivedi, University of Hertfordshire
Email: d.trivedi@herts.ac.uk
