Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Glob Health Sci Pract. 2023 Jun 21;11(3). doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00447.
People from ethnic minority groups are at risk of adverse sequelae of COVID-19, but their vaccine acceptance and enrollment rates remain suboptimal. Diaspora communities are unique in that they continue to engage in epistemic networks related to vaccination with dwellers in their country of origin. We describe the COVID-19 vaccine awareness campaign we conducted from January 2021 to November 2021 for Sudanese diaspora groups in the United Kingdom and the various techniques and methods used by health care professionals from the same ethnocultural background to address vaccine reluctance among this cohort. We explore the impact of our joint efforts with local authorities in Sudan to overcome the initial barriers to the national vaccination program in Sudan. The influence of the intercommunication between the diaspora and their relatives at home regarding COVID-19 vaccine misinformation is also discussed. Finally, we highlight these observations as key areas for future research to improve the global impact of vaccine deployment in pandemic situations.
少数民族人群面临着 COVID-19 不良后果的风险，但他们的疫苗接种接受率和接种率仍不理想。侨民社区的独特之处在于，他们继续与原籍国的居民保持与疫苗接种相关的认识网络。我们描述了我们在 2021 年 1 月至 2021 年 11 月期间为英国的苏丹侨民团体开展的 COVID-19 疫苗意识运动，以及来自同一族裔文化背景的医疗保健专业人员为解决这一群体的疫苗接种犹豫所采用的各种技术和方法。我们探讨了我们与苏丹当地当局共同努力克服苏丹国家疫苗接种计划最初障碍的影响。侨民及其国内亲属之间关于 COVID-19 疫苗错误信息的相互交流的影响也进行了讨论。最后，我们强调这些观察结果是未来研究的重点领域，以提高大流行情况下疫苗部署的全球影响力。
