Applying a Participatory Action Research Approach to Engage an Australian Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Community around Human Papillomavirus Vaccination: Lessons Learned.

ABSTRACT: Globally, migrant and culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities are known to have inequitable access to HPV vaccination. One participatory research approach used to engage CALD communities around vaccination is participatory action research (PAR), but we know little about the use of PAR to engage priority migrant and CALD communities around school and HPV vaccination. To address this gap, we partnered with our local Multicultural Health Service to understand how the largest CALD group in our region of New South Wales, Australia, engages with their local school and HPV vaccination program. Through a long-standing PAR relationship, we used a participatory research method (World Café) approach to explore the level of awareness and engagement a multi-generational community membe

SUBMITTER: Prokopovich K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11436009 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature