UNITING: UNderstanding uptake of Immunisations in TravellIng aNd Gypsy communities

Conditions

Public health - immunisation Infections and Infestations

Lisa Dyson, Helen Bedford, Louise Condon, Carol Emslie, Lana Ireland et al. (10 authors)

BMC Public Health2020-10-206 citations

Needles, Jabs and Jags: a qualitative exploration of barriers and facilitators to child and adult immunisation uptake among Gypsies, Travellers and Roma.

Jackson C, Bedford H, Cheater FM, Condon L, Emslie C, Ireland L, Kemsley P, Kerr S, Lewis HJ, Mytton J, Overend K, Redsell S, Richardson Z, Shepherd C, Smith L, Dyson L.

2017-03-1450 citations

10.1186/s12889-017-4178-y

UNderstanding uptake of Immunisations in TravellIng aNd Gypsy communities (UNITING): a qualitative interview study.

Jackson C, Dyson L, Bedford H, Cheater FM, Condon L, Crocker A, Emslie C, Ireland L, Kemsley P, Kerr S, Lewis HJ, Mytton J, Overend K, Redsell S, Richardson Z, Shepherd C, Smith L.

2016-09-0123 citations

10.3310/hta20720

UNderstanding uptake of Immunisations in TravellIng aNd Gypsy communities (UNITING): protocol for an exploratory, qualitative study

Cath Jackson, Helen Bedford, Louise Condon, A.J. Crocker, Carol Emslie et al. (16 authors)

BMJ Open2015-06-019 citations

10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008564

Interventions

In Phase 1 we will do interviews (24 to 32 Travellers in each community) with men and women across generations of families including adults eligible for the flu vaccine (pregnant, over 65, with specif

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: PHASES 1 and 3 1. Member of a participating Traveller community 2. Willing and able to provide informed consent to participate 3. We will include both men and women living in extended families across generations 4. We will include young women planning families, parents and grandparents to capture a life span/cross generational perspective as well as teenage girls eligible for their 3-in-1 teenage booster (diphtheria, tetanus, poliomyelitis, given at 13 to 18 years) and HPV vaccine (given at 12 to 13 years in school) 5. Adults eligible for the flu vaccine (pregnant - also eligible for pertussis vaccine, over 65 years and with specified long term conditions) PHASES 2 and 3: 1. Health and Community worker able to influence local policy making, drive health improvement, and/or providing or commissioning services for participating Traveller communities 2. Willing and able to provide informed consent to participate 3. We will purposively sample these 'Health and Community Workers' in each of the 4 cities to ensure we interview a mix of 'frontline workers' (e.g. heath visitors, practice nurses, community midwives, school nurses, GPs, social workers, range of community workers including third sector) and those working in more strategic/commissioning role (e.g. local decision makers in health protection/public health/Health and Wellbeing Boards/Clinical Commissioning Groups)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Not willing or able to provide informed consent 2. Not able to take part in an interview/feedback workshop

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
We will analyse the interview data to identify barriers and facilitators and ideas for interventions to increase uptake of immunisations.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Not provided at time of registration	—

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed