Highlighting Models of Indigenous Leadership and Self-Governance for COVID-19 Vaccination Programmes

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aut.relation.journalAlterNative: an international journal of indigenous peoples
aut.relation.pages258
aut.relation.startpage250
aut.relation.volume20
dc.contributor.authorClark, Katrina
dc.contributor.authorCrooks, Kristy
dc.contributor.authorJeyanathan, Bavatharane
dc.contributor.authorAhmed, Fatima
dc.contributor.authorKataquapit, Gisele
dc.contributor.authorSutherland, Celine
dc.contributor.authorTsuji, Leonard
dc.contributor.authorMoriarity, Robert
dc.contributor.authorSpence, Nicholas
dc.contributor.authorSekercioglu, Faith
dc.contributor.authorLiberda, Eric
dc.contributor.authorCharania, Nadia
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-22T23:24:39Z
dc.date.available2024-04-22T23:24:39Z
dc.date.issued2024-03-11
dc.description.abstractThe COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted Indigenous populations worldwide placing much importance on rapid and equitable vaccination. Nevertheless, many Indigenous communities have reported high vaccine hesitancy and low COVID-19 vaccine uptake. This may be attributed to various factors, including a lack of support for Indigenous leadership efforts to protect their communities and the pervasive infodemic targeting First Nations Peoples. In August 2022, we hosted an international symposium to bring together Indigenous and non-Indigenous community leaders, clinicians, and researchers to discuss pandemic experiences and lessons learnt. This commentary highlights examples of harnessing Indigenous leadership and self-governance to design and deliver tailored community-based and culturally appropriate COVID-19 vaccination programmes that improved vaccine uptake in Australia and Canada. These case studies demonstrate that Indigenous social-governance systems need to be valued, respected, and upheld if we are to make meaningful efforts to address health inequities among Indigenous communities during future pandemics.
dc.identifier.citationAlterNative: an international journal of indigenous peoples, ISSN: 1177-1801 (Print); 1174-1740 (Online), SAGE, 20(1), 250-250. doi: 10.1177/11771801241235418
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/11771801241235418
dc.identifier.issn1177-1801
dc.identifier.issn1174-1740
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10292/17435
dc.languageen
dc.publisherSAGE
dc.relation.urihttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/11771801241235418
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2024. Creative Commons License (CC BY-NC 4.0). This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subject47 Language, Communication and Culture
dc.subject4702 Cultural Studies
dc.subjectImmunization
dc.subjectVaccine Related
dc.subjectPrevention
dc.subject3.4 Vaccines
dc.subject3 Prevention of disease and conditions, and promotion of well-being
dc.subject3 Good Health and Well Being
dc.subject2002 Cultural Studies
dc.subject4702 Cultural studies
dc.titleHighlighting Models of Indigenous Leadership and Self-Governance for COVID-19 Vaccination Programmes
dc.typeJournal Article
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