Barriers and enablers to vaccination in the ultra-orthodox Jewish population: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Jewish Ultra-Orthodox (UO) population is an under-vaccinated minority group that has been disproportionally affected by outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases (VPD) such as measles and polio. Underlying reasons remain poorly characterized. We aimed to identify vaccination barriers and enablers in this population.

Methods

We systematically reviewed the literature (PROSPERO: CRD42021273001), searching Pub-med, Web of science, Medline, PsychNet and Scopus from 1995 to 2021 for quantitative and qualitative primary research in English. Studies published outside the date range, not including barriers or enablers, or that were non-primary research were excluded. We assessed included publications for quality and extracted relevant data based on the 5As taxonomy: ac

SUBMITTER: Jacobson A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10602685 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature