Peer to Peer (P2P): Speaking Up About Vaccine Safety

The proposed project will evaluate the Peer-to-Peer (P2P) project co-lead by NorWest Community Health Centres (NWCHC) and Dilico Anishinabek Family Care (Dilico). The project evaluation will explore if the interventions utilized by the P2P project have increased vaccination uptake in the identified vulnerable populations in Thunder Bay and District. The project’s efforts in increasing COVID-19 and general vaccinations for vulnerable populations, as well as the effectiveness of using a peer-based intervention to increase vaccinations, will be evaluated. The intern will engage in qualitative research methods such as systematic literature reviews, qualitative interviews, and focus groups to better understand the impacts, strengths, weaknesses, gaps and opportunities of peer-based intervention. Both NWCHC and Dilico are expected to experience benefits as efforts are made to bolster the capacity of various public health approaches to improve demand for and access to vaccines and have a potential impact of public health outcomes and address disparities within northwestern Ontario.

Faculty Supervisor:

Abigale Sprakes;Elaine Toombs

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Partner:

NorWest

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

COVID-19 related Research and Solutions

University:

Lakehead University

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