Facilitators and challenges in collaboration between public health units and faith-based organizations to promote COVID-19 vaccine confidence in Ontario
Engaging with faith-based communities is an ongoing process that requires time, flexibility, and patience, but it is necessary to improve vaccine confidence and equity access among population groups made structurally vulnerable. Lessons learned from this research can guide the implementation of future vaccination programs.
Authors
- Anushka Ataullahjan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5261-5523)
- Samiya Abdi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7520-7557)
- Sara Allin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0579-8985)
- Shaza A. Fadel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2336-6254)
- Nazia Peer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1961-6847)
- Kadidiatou Kadio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5841-5979)
- Melodie Yunju Song (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3492-6835)
- Erica Di Ruggiero (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8935-7908)
- Elizabeth Estey Noad
- Denessia Blake-Hepburn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0606-3799)
- Anna Karbasi
Institutions
- Western University (CA)
- Toronto Public Health (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique (BF)
- Public Health Ontario (CA)
- Centre for Global Health Research (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal for Equity in Health
- Published
- 2024-11-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-024-02326-w
- Citations
- 8
- Primary Topic
- Religion, Society, and Development
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 9.06
Funders
- Canadian Health Services Research Foundation
- Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada