The contribution of community-engaged communication in enhancing vaccine outcomes during the management of pandemics in vulnerable communities in Sub Saharan Africa: A scoping review protocol v1

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Vaccines are a time-tested global strategy of fortifying immune systems against disease in different age-groups. The COVID-19 outbreak at the start of 2020 did not only highlight the importance of vaccines in pandemic management, it also exposed inequities both in access and response among different communities. There is empirical evidence to show that some communities do not benefit the same way from vaccines and vaccination as others do due to various biological, socio-economic, communication and structural barriers. This is particularly true in resource-poor contexts such as sub-Saharan Africa. The National Institute for Health and Social Care Research (NIHR), the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) and others have argued that community-engaged communication (CEC) in particular is a key factor in improving the chances of vulnerable communities benefitting optimally from vaccines and vaccination as it engenders mutual understanding, trust and co-ownership of vaccination interventions. The proposed study is a scoping review of available literature on the contribution of CEC towards enhancing vaccine outcomes among vulnerable communities in sub-Saharan Africa during the management of recent pandemics. The scoping review will cover both scholarly (peer-reviewed) and grey literature and will utilize relevant theoretical frameworks (Kaufman et al, 2017). It will also explore a) the origins and theoretical foundations of CEC; b) principles of CEC; c) key debates around the application of CEC in sub-Saharan Africa d) successes and challenges e) lessons learnt from CEC experiences in the context of managing pandemics in sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on vulnerable communities in East Africa. The output is envisaged as a valuable one-stop resource for scholars or practitioners investigating the engagement aspects of pandemic management among vulnerable communities in sub-Saharan Africa.

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