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Review
. 2023 Dec 31;19(1):2135852.
doi: 10.1080/21645515.2022.2135852. Epub 2023 Jan 10.

Increasing vaccine uptake among employees within the non-health related critical infrastructure sectors: A review

Linda Kalunga  1 , Ece Bulut  1 , Ziqian Chen  2 , Yihong Li  3 , Renata Ivanek  1
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Increasing vaccine uptake among employees within the non-health related critical infrastructure sectors: A review

Linda Kalunga et al. Hum Vaccin Immunother. .

Abstract

This review aimed to identify barriers to employee vaccination, motivators for vaccination, and vaccine uptake strategies within the critical infrastructure sectors. We focused on non-healthcare-related sectors, including food and agriculture, manufacturing, and education where employee vaccination is rarely mandated. We conducted a search for literature published from 2012 to 2022 from MEDLINE-PubMed, PsycINFO, and Web of Science Core Collection, which resulted in 22 studies that met the inclusion criteria. We found that 1) barriers to vaccination differ by infectious disease and population; 2) common motivators for vaccination were about protecting self, family, and community; and 3) common uptake strategies for influenza (which accounted for 83% of uptake strategies in reviewed studies) addressed convenience and confidence barriers such as vaccination cost and education. Our review highlights the need for employers, policymakers, and researchers to identify infectious disease and population-specific barriers to vaccination and implement strategies aimed at addressing the identified barriers.

Keywords: Critical infrastructure sectors; barriers to vaccination; motivators for vaccination; vaccine hesitancy; vaccine uptake strategies.

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Conflict of interest statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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Flow chart of included studies and exclusion reasons.
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Study representation by location for barriers to vaccination (N = 18).
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Included studies by infectious disease and population for barriers to vaccination (N = 18).
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Figure 4.
Included studies by infectious disease and population for vaccine uptake strategies (N = 6).
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