Parents’ and informal caregivers’ experiences of accessing childhood vaccination services within the United Kingdom: a systematic scoping review of empirical evidence
Accessibility is poorly conceptualised within most of the research conducted on childhood immunisation uptake within the UK. This, in part, is because exploring accessibility was not an explicit objective of many of the studies included in the review. It is vital that the accessibility of childhood vaccination services is given greater priority and appropriately defined in empirical research. Otherwise, researchers run the risk of limiting the scope of their findings based on their own conceptual ideas regarding the drivers of poor uptake rather than the lived reality of parents.
Authors
- Sandra Mounier‐Jack (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2801-379X)
- Louise Letley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0667-6135)
- Georgia Chisnall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1524-4564)
- Tracey Chantler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7776-7339)
- Samar Hersh-Toubia
Institutions
- University of London (GB)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Against Violence & Abuse (GB)
- End Violence Against Women (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2024-12-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20981-0
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.11
Funders
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Department of Health and Social Care