ArticleEthnicity & health2022
Race, ethnicity and COVID-19 vaccination: a qualitative study of UK healthcare staff.
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- The Impact of COVID-19 on Racialised Minority Populations: A Systematic Review of Experiences and Perspectives.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Pooled it
- Facilitators and barriers to vaccination uptake in pregnancy: A qualitative systematic review.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Overcoming COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among ethnic minorities: A systematic review of UK studies.Vaccine · 2022Pooled it
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- Moral injury in healthcare workers: causes & interventions.British medical bulletin · 2026Review
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- Guiding principles for accelerating change through health inequities research and practice: A modified Delphi consensus process.PloS one · 2025Article
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- Is resistance to Covid-19 vaccination a "problem"? A critical policy inquiry of vaccine mandates for healthcare workers.AIMS public health · 2024Article
- Marital conflict of a nurse family following COVID-19 vaccinations: A case studying.Journal of education and health promotion · 2024Article
- Calculation, knowledge, and identity: Dimensions of trust when making COVID-19 vaccination choices in China.SSM. Qualitative research in health · 2023Article
- An online RCT on behavioural expectations effects of COVID-19 certification policies in England.Vaccine: X · 2023Article
- Beyond Information Provision: Analysis of the Roles of Structure and Agency in COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence in Ethnic Minority Communities.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Reasons for COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in ethnic minority groups: A systematic review and thematic synthesis of initial attitudes in qualitative research.SSM. Qualitative research in health · 2023Review
- Ethical considerations of the vaccine development process and vaccination: a scoping review.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Qualitative evaluation of reasons for healthcare professionals being unvaccinated against COVID-19.Zeitschrift fur Gesundheitswissenschaften = Journal of public health · 2023Article
- Migrant healthcare workers during COVID-19: bringing an intersectional health system-related approach into pandemic protection. A German case study.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveCOVID-19-related inequities experienced by racial and ethnic minority groups including healthcare professionals mirror wider health inequities, which risk being perpetuated by lower uptake of vaccination. We aim to better understand lower uptake among racial and ethnic minority staff groups to inform initiatives to enhance uptake.
designTwenty-five semi-structured interviews were conducted (October 2020-January 2021) with UK-based healthcare staff. Data were inductively and thematically analysed.
resultsVaccine decision-making processes were underpinned by an overarching theme, 'weighing up risks of harm against potential benefits to self and others'. Sub-themes included 'fear of harm', 'moral/ethical objections', 'potential benefits to self and others', 'information and misinformation', and 'institutional or workplace pressure'. We identified ways in which these were weighted more heavily towards vaccine hesitancy for racial and ethnic minority staff groups influenced by perceptions about institutional and structural discrimination. This included suspicions and fear around institutional pressure to be vaccinated, racial injustices in vaccine development and testing, religious or ethical concerns, and legitimacy and accessibility of vaccine messaging and communication.
conclusionsDrawing on a critical race perspective, we conclude that acknowledging historical and contemporary abuses of power is essential to avoid perpetuating and aggravating mistrust by de-contextualising hesitancy from the social processes affecting hesitancy, undermining efforts to increase vaccine uptake.
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