Exploring COVID-19 education to support vaccine confidence amongst the general adult population with special considerations for healthcare and long-term care staff : a scoping review

Murmann, Maya; Cooper Reed, Anna; Scott, Mary; Presseau, Justin; Heer, Carrie; May, Kathryn; Ramzy, Amy; Huynh, Chau N.; Skidmore, Becky; Welch, Vivian; Little, Julian; Wilson, Kumanan; Brouwers, Melissa; Hsu, Amy T.

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Exploring COVID-19 education to support vaccine confidence amongst the general adult population with special considerations for healthcare and long-term care staff : a scoping review

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dc.contributor.author: Murmann, Maya; Cooper Reed, Anna; Scott, Mary; Presseau, Justin; Heer, Carrie; May, Kathryn; Ramzy, Amy; Huynh, Chau N.; Skidmore, Becky; Welch, Vivian; Little, Julian; Wilson, Kumanan; Brouwers, Melissa; Hsu, Amy T.
dc.date.accessioned: 2025-02-12T15:45:37Z
dc.date.available: 2025-02-12T15:45:37Z
dc.date.issued: 2023-08-13
dc.description.abstract - en: Background Despite the demonstrated efficacy of approved COVID-19 vaccines, high levels of hesitancy were observed in the first few months of the COVID-19 vaccines' rollout. Factors contributing to vaccine hesitancy are well-described in the literature. Among the various strategies for promoting vaccine confidence, educational interventions provide a foundationally and widely implemented set of approaches for supporting individuals in their vaccine decisions. However, the evidence around the measurable impact of various educational strategies to improve vaccine confidence is limited. We conducted a scoping review with the aim of exploring and characterizing educational interventions delivered during the pandemic to support COVID-19 vaccine confidence in adults. Methods We developed a search strategy with a medical information scientist and searched five databases, including Ovid MEDLINE and Web of Science, as well as grey literature. We considered all study designs and reports. Interventions delivered to children or adolescents, interventions on non-COVID-19 vaccines, as well as national or mass vaccination campaigns without documented interaction(s) between facilitator(s) and a specific audience were excluded. Articles were independently screened by three reviewers. After screening 4602 titles and abstracts and 174 full-text articles across two rounds of searches, 22 articles met our inclusion criteria. Ten additional studies were identified through hand searching. Data from included studies were charted and results were described narratively. Results We included 32 studies and synthesized their educational delivery structure, participants (i.e., facilitators and priority audience), and content. Formal, group-based presentations were the most common type of educational intervention in the included studies (75%). A third of studies (34%) used multiple strategies, with many formal group-based presentations being coupled with additional individual-based interventions (29%). Given the novelty of the COVID-19 vaccines and the unique current context, studies reported personalized conversations, question periods, and addressing misinformation as important components of the educational approaches reviewed. Conclusions Various educational interventions were delivered during the COVID-19 pandemic, with many initiatives involving multifaceted interventions utilizing both formal and informal approaches that leveraged community (cultural, religious) partnerships when developing and facilitating COVID-19 vaccine education. Train-the-trainer approaches with recognized community members could be of value as trust and personal connections were identified as strong enablers throughout the review.
dc.description.sponsorship: This work has been funded in part by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Funding reference no. GA3-177726) and by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) through the COVID-19 Immunity Task Force (CITF).
dc.identifier.doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/cl2.1352
dc.identifier.issn: 1891-1803
dc.identifier.pubmedID: 37581103
dc.identifier.uri: https://open-science.canada.ca/handle/123456789/3436
dc.language.iso: en
dc.publisher - en: John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of The Campbell Collaboration
dc.rights - en: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
dc.rights - fr: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
dc.rights.uri - en: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.rights.uri - fr: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.fr
dc.subject - en: Immunization; Health; Coronavirus diseases
dc.subject - fr: Immunisation; Santé; Maladie à coronavirus
dc.subject.en - en: Immunization; Health; Coronavirus diseases
dc.subject.fr - fr: Immunisation; Santé; Maladie à coronavirus
dc.title - en: Exploring COVID-19 education to support vaccine confidence amongst the general adult population with special considerations for healthcare and long-term care staff : a scoping review
dc.type - en: Article
dc.type - fr: Article
local.acceptedmanuscript.articlenum: e1352
local.article.journaltitle - en: Campbell Systematic Reviews
local.article.journalvolume: 19
local.pagination: 1-20
local.peerreview - en: Yes
local.peerreview - fr: Oui

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