Community Mobilization to Promote Vaccine Confidence During a Global Public Health Emergency: Insights from Peel Region and Toronto (Ontario, Canada) a Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Ontario government launched the High Priority Communities Strategy (HPCS) in December 2020, funding community agencies operating in neighborhoods disproportionately affected by COVID-19 in Durham, Peel, Toronto, York, and Ottawa. Community-led task forces and networks also formed with the aim to increase vaccine confidence and uptake among minoritized communities.

Objectives

To explore how community-led task forces, networks and agencies mobilized and engaged faith-based and ethno-racial communities in Peel Region and Toronto to improve vaccine confidence and uptake, including perceived facilitators and barriers.

Design

Multi-method qualitative study.

Methods

Between June 2023 and March 2024, we conducted ten online focus groups with three task f

SUBMITTER: Blake-Hepburn D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12515287 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature