Estimating COVID-19 vaccine uptake and its drivers among migrants, homeless and precariously housed people in France.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Migrants, people experiencing homelessness (PEH), or precariously housed (PH) are at high risk for COVID-19 infection, hospitalization, and death from COVID-19. However, while data on COVID-19 vaccine uptake in these populations are available in the USA, Canada, and Denmark, we are lacking, to the best of our knowledge, data from France.

Methods

In late 2021, we carried out a cross-sectional survey to determine COVID-19 vaccine coverage in PEH/PH residing in Ile-de-France and Marseille, France, and to explore its drivers. Participants aged over 18 years were interviewed face-to-face where they slept the previous night, in their preferred language, and then stratified for analysis into three housing groups (Streets, Accommodated, and Precariously Housed). Standardi

SUBMITTER: Roederer T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9939372 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature