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ArticleQualitative health research2023

Recruiting a Hard-to-Reach, Hidden and Vulnerable Population: The Methodological and Practical Pitfalls of Researching Vaccine-Hesitant Parents.

Ana Patrícia Hilário, Alice Scavarda, Dino Numerato, Joana Mendonça, Mario Cardano, Jaroslava Marhankova, Luigi Gariglio, Pia Vuolanto, Alistair Anderson, Petra Auvinen and 6 more

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Article in Qualitative health research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Growing in the Shadow of Mental Illness: Quality of Life, Health Status, Social Functioning, and Health Care Utilization Among Adults to Parents With Severe Mental Illness.Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing · 2026
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  8. Trust matters: The Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy in Europe Study.Scandinavian journal of public health · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

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16 authors.

Ana Patrícia HilárioInstituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-7396-5127
Alice ScavardaDipartimento di Culture Politica e Società, Universita Degli Studi Di Torino, Torino, Italy.
Dino NumeratoFakulta sociálních, Univerzita Karlova, Praha, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-4821-6471
Joana MendonçaInstituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
Mario CardanoDipartimento di Culture Politica e Società, Universita Degli Studi Di Torino, Torino, Italy.
Jaroslava MarhankovaFakulta sociálních, Univerzita Karlova, Praha, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0003-4823-8934
Luigi GariglioDipartimento di Culture Politica e Società, Universita Degli Studi Di Torino, Torino, Italy.
Pia VuolantoFaculty of Social Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland.
Alistair AndersonSchool of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
Petra AuvinenFaculty of Social Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland.
Piet BrackeDepartment of Sociology, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium.
Tom DouglassDepartment of Social Work & Social Care, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Pru Hobson-WestSchool of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
Esther LermytteDepartment of Sociology, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium.
Paulina PolakInstytut Socjologii, Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Krakow, Poland.
Tadeusz RudekInstytut Socjologii, Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Krakow, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-8498-614X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While recruitment is an essential aspect of any research project, its challenges are rarely acknowledged. We intend to address this gap by discussing the challenges to the participation of vaccine-hesitant parents defined here as a hard-to-reach, hidden and vulnerable population drawing on extensive empirical qualitative evidence from seven European countries. The difficulties in reaching vaccine-hesitant parents were very much related to issues concerning trust, as there appears to be a growing distrust in experts, which is extended to the work developed by researchers and their funding bodies. These difficulties have been accentuated by the public debate around COVID-19 vaccination, as it seems to have increased parents' hesitancy to participate. Findings from recruiting 167 vaccine-hesitant parents in seven European countries suggest that reflexive and sensible recruitment approaches should be developed.

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COVID-19 VaccinesVaccinesHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansParentsPatient Acceptance of Health CareVaccinationVulnerable PopulationsCOVID-19 VaccinesVaccineshesitancyinterviewsrecruitmenttrustvaccination

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PMCPMC10626983

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