Coronavax: preparing community and government for COVID-19 vaccination: a research protocol for a mixed methods social research project
Introduction Ahead of the implementation of a COVID-19 vaccination programme, the interdisciplinary Coronavax research team developed a multicomponent mixed methods project to support successful roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccine in Western Australia. This project seeks to analyse community attitudes...
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| description | Introduction Ahead of the implementation of a COVID-19 vaccination programme, the interdisciplinary Coronavax research team developed a multicomponent mixed methods project to support successful roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccine in Western Australia. This project seeks to analyse community attitudes about COVID-19 vaccination, vaccine access and information needs. We also study how government incorporates research findings into the vaccination programme.Methods and analysis The Coronavax protocol employs an analytical social media study, and a qualitative study using in-depth interviews with purposively selected community groups. Participant groups currently include healthcare workers, aged care workers, first responders, adults aged 65+ years, adults aged 30–64 years, young adults aged 18–29 years, education workers, parents/guardians of infants and young children (<5 years), parents/guardians of children aged 5–18 years with comorbidities and parents/guardians who are hesitant about routine childhood vaccines. The project also includes two studies that track how Australian state and Commonwealth (federal) governments use the study findings. These are functional dialogues (translation and discussion exercises that are recorded and analysed) and evidence mapping of networks within government (which track how study findings are used).Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval has been granted by the Child and Adolescent Health Service Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) and the University of Western Australia HREC. Study findings will be disseminated by a series of journal articles, reports to funders and stakeholders, and invited and peer-reviewed presentations. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-124a6ac27aa34a9cb1036e968950b62e2024-11-19T17:00:07ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552021-06-0111610.1136/bmjopen-2021-049356Coronavax: preparing community and government for COVID-19 vaccination: a research protocol for a mixed methods social research projectChristopher C Blyth0Samantha Carlson1Lara McKenzie2Catherine Hughes3Paul Effler4Katie Attwell5Jordan Tchilingirian6Tauel Harper7Leah Roberts8Marco Rizzi9Darren Westphal10Valerie Swift11Department of Infectious Diseases, Perth Children`s Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, AustraliaWesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, Telethon Kids Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, AustraliaSchool of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia1University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UKCommunicable Disease Control Directorate, Department of Health Government of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia3 School of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, AustraliaSchool of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, AustraliaFaculty of Arts, Business, Law and Education, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, AustraliaSchool of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, AustraliaSchool of Law, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, AustraliaCommunicable Disease Control Directorate, Department of Health Government of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, AustraliaWesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, Telethon Kids Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, AustraliaIntroduction Ahead of the implementation of a COVID-19 vaccination programme, the interdisciplinary Coronavax research team developed a multicomponent mixed methods project to support successful roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccine in Western Australia. This project seeks to analyse community attitudes about COVID-19 vaccination, vaccine access and information needs. We also study how government incorporates research findings into the vaccination programme.Methods and analysis The Coronavax protocol employs an analytical social media study, and a qualitative study using in-depth interviews with purposively selected community groups. Participant groups currently include healthcare workers, aged care workers, first responders, adults aged 65+ years, adults aged 30–64 years, young adults aged 18–29 years, education workers, parents/guardians of infants and young children (<5 years), parents/guardians of children aged 5–18 years with comorbidities and parents/guardians who are hesitant about routine childhood vaccines. The project also includes two studies that track how Australian state and Commonwealth (federal) governments use the study findings. These are functional dialogues (translation and discussion exercises that are recorded and analysed) and evidence mapping of networks within government (which track how study findings are used).Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval has been granted by the Child and Adolescent Health Service Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) and the University of Western Australia HREC. Study findings will be disseminated by a series of journal articles, reports to funders and stakeholders, and invited and peer-reviewed presentations.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/6/e049356.full |
| spellingShingle | Christopher C Blyth Samantha Carlson Lara McKenzie Catherine Hughes Paul Effler Katie Attwell Jordan Tchilingirian Tauel Harper Leah Roberts Marco Rizzi Darren Westphal Valerie Swift Coronavax: preparing community and government for COVID-19 vaccination: a research protocol for a mixed methods social research project BMJ Open |
| title | Coronavax: preparing community and government for COVID-19 vaccination: a research protocol for a mixed methods social research project |
| title_full | Coronavax: preparing community and government for COVID-19 vaccination: a research protocol for a mixed methods social research project |
| title_fullStr | Coronavax: preparing community and government for COVID-19 vaccination: a research protocol for a mixed methods social research project |
| title_full_unstemmed | Coronavax: preparing community and government for COVID-19 vaccination: a research protocol for a mixed methods social research project |
| title_short | Coronavax: preparing community and government for COVID-19 vaccination: a research protocol for a mixed methods social research project |
| title_sort | coronavax preparing community and government for covid 19 vaccination a research protocol for a mixed methods social research project |
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