Notes
Location
Edmonton, Alberta
Integration timeline
At what point during the integration process the study was conducted?
Participants have moved to Canada with in the last eight years
Community organizations
Multicultural Health Brokers of Edmonton (MCHB)
Key findings
This research explores information-gathering and decision-making processes of immigrant mothers for scheduled childhood vaccines, vaccination during pregnancy, seasonal flu and pandemic vaccination. The main findings of the study reveal that Alberta’s vaccination communication strategies are not effective enough to reach immigrant women because the participants learned about vaccine practices exclusively from health care practitioners during scheduled visits although none of the immigrant women interviewed were not against receiving vaccines for themselves and their children, regardless of past adverse
reactions.
Gaps identified
Limitations in Alberta’s current vaccination communication strategies in reaching immigrant women. Current communication strategies are not effective enough to reach immigrant women, “which limits their ability to make informed vaccination decisions for themselves and their children.”
Key populations
Refugee mothers
Key recommendations
Communications strategies should use creative, informal and language-appropriate information delivery methods and materials and health clinics and agencies that deliver immigrant and refugee services should be engaged for this purpose.