| Title: |
The impact of targeted local outreach clinics to improve COVID-19 vaccine uptake:controlled interrupted time series in South West England |
| Authors: |
Jones, Timothy; Adamali, Huzaifa; Redaniel, Maria Theresa; de Vocht , Frank; Tilling, Kate M; Kenward, Charlie; Ben-Shlomo, Yoav; Creavin, Sam T |
| Source: |
Jones, T, Adamali, H, Redaniel, M T, de Vocht , F, Tilling, K M, Kenward, C, Ben-Shlomo, Y & Creavin, S T 2024, 'The impact of targeted local outreach clinics to improve COVID-19 vaccine uptake : controlled interrupted time series in South West England', Archives of Public Health, vol. 82, no. 1, 118. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-024-01341-1 |
| Publication Year: |
2024 |
| Collection: |
University of Bristol: Bristol Reserach |
| Description: |
Background: Outreach clinics were part of efforts to maximise uptake in COVID-19 vaccination. Methods: We used controlled interrupted time series, matching on age, sex, deprivation and vaccination eligibility date, to determine the effect of outreach clinics on time to first COVID-19 vaccine, using a population-based electronic health record database of 914,478 people, from December 2020 to December 2021; people living within 1 mile of each outreach clinics were exposed. Results: 50% of 288,473 exposed citizens were white British, and 71% were aged 0-49 years. There was no evidence for an overall statistically significant increase in cumulative percentage vaccinated due to the outreach clinic at 6 weeks, with an overall pooled effect estimate of -0.07% (95% CI: -1.15%, 1.02%). The pooled estimate for increased cumulative vaccine uptake varied slightly depending on how the analysis was stratified; by ethnic group it was -0.12% (95% CI: -0.90%, 0.66%); by age group it was -0.06% (95% CI: -0.41%, 0.28%); and by deprivation it was 0.03% (95% CI: -0.74%, 0.79%). Conclusions: Living within a mile of an outreach clinic was not associated with higher vaccine uptake. Evaluation of future outreach clinics should consider the relative importance of travel amongst other barriers to accessing vaccines. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/39113156; info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/hdl/https://hdl.handle.net/1983/2cdcf4dc-5343-4502-8b31-4dacce2c853e |
| DOI: |
10.1186/s13690-024-01341-1 |
| Availability: |
https://hdl.handle.net/1983/2cdcf4dc-5343-4502-8b31-4dacce2c853e; https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publications/2cdcf4dc-5343-4502-8b31-4dacce2c853e; https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-024-01341-1 |
| Rights: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess ; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.F72EB3CC |
| Database: |
BASE |