ReviewVaccines2023
COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Hesitancy among Migrants, Refugees, and Foreign Workers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Review in Vaccines, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2024Pooled it
- Cultural-Social-Economic Background and Community Engagement Impacting COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake Among Pregnant and Lactating Refugee Women.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2026Article
- Factors influencing vaccination willingness in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: data from the CoCo-Fakt study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- "It's about creating a sense of we": exploring the role of civil society in intercultural communication during COVID-19 in Stockholm, Sweden.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- "They were saying that it's the end of the world": Experiences of COVID-19 and beliefs about the COVID-19 vaccine among refugees in Rhode Island, US.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2025Article
- Vaccination models of delivery for refugees and migrants: a global scoping review.BMC public health · 2025Article
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- A qualitative study on behavioral and social drivers of COVID-19 vaccine amongst refugees and migrants in Pakistan.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Vaccine hesitancy among Syrian refugee parents in Canada: A multifaceted challenge in public health.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2024Article
- Experiences and perceptions of migrant populations in South Africa on COVID-19 immunization: an interpretative phenomenological analysis.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Feasibility of Provision and Vaccine Hesitancy at a Central Hospital COVID-19 Vaccination Site in South Africa after Four Waves of the Pandemic.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Diverse Parents Decision-Making to Vaccinate Their Child under Five Attending Childcare Programs.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- COVID-19 vaccination intention among internally displaced persons in complex humanitarian emergency context, Northeast Nigeria.PloS one · 2024Article
- Life satisfaction of Palestinian and Polish students after pandemic COVID-19.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- COVID-19 Vaccination Among Diverse Population Groups in the Northern Governorates of Iraq.International journal of public health · 2023Article
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17 authors at 14 institutions in 5 countries.
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Abstract
Despite the effectiveness of current vaccines in reducing the spread and severity of SARS-CoV-2 infections, many people, including migrants, refugees, and foreign workers, are hesitant to be vaccinated. This systematic review and meta-analysis (SRMA) was conducted to determine the pooled prevalence estimate of the acceptance and hesitancy rates of the COVID-19 vaccine among these populations. A comprehensive search of the peer-reviewed literature indexed in PubMed, Scopus, Science Direct, and Web of Science databases was conducted. Initially, 797 potential records were identified, of which 19 articles met the inclusion criteria. A meta-analysis of proportions using data from 14 studies revealed that the overall acceptance rate of COVID vaccination among 29,152 subjects was 56.7% (95% CI: 44.9-68.5%), while the prevalence of vaccine hesitancy among 26,154 migrants reported in 12 studies was estimated to be 31.7% (95% CI: 44.9-68.5%). The acceptance rate for the COVID-19 vaccination first declined from 77.3% in 2020 to 52.9% in 2021 and then slightly increased to 56.1% in 2022. The most frequent factors influencing vaccine hesitancy were worries about vaccine efficacy and safety. Intensive vaccination campaigns should be implemented to raise vaccination awareness among migrants, which will increase the acceptance rate for the COVID-19 vaccine and result in herd immunity.
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