The impact of targeted local outreach clinics to improve COVID-19 vaccine uptake: controlled interrupted time series in South West England.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Outreach clinics were part of efforts to maximise uptake in COVID-19 vaccination.

Methods

We used controlled interrupted time series, matching on age, sex, deprivation and vaccination eligibility date, to determine the effect of outreach clinics on time to first COVID-19 vaccine, using a population-based electronic health record database of 914,478 people, from December 2020 to December 2021; people living within 1 mile of each outreach clinics were exposed.

Results

50% of 288,473 exposed citizens were white British, and 71% were aged 0-49 years. There was no evidence for an overall statistically significant increase in cumulative percentage vaccinated due to the outreach clinic at 6 weeks, with an overall pooled effect estimate of -0.07% (95% CI: -1.15%, 1

SUBMITTER: Jones T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11304932 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature