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Table 2 Conceptional Framework for Action to Improve Vaccination Coverage

From: Increasing pneumococcal vaccine uptake in older adults: a scoping review of interventions in high-income countries

Pillar

Description

Examples

I Information campaigns

Dissemination of educational materials regarding vaccination, including advantages, indications, protections, dosing, and logistics

Personalized communication campaigns

Training interventions for healthcare providers

Mass communication campaigns (e.g. publications, television, radio)

II Prioritization of vaccination schemes

Decision-making tools that support the priority vaccination of select groups based on the available evidence, and practical resources that enable this prioritization

Decision-making toolkits, checklists, protocols, and algorithms

Universal funding

Policy for distribution and prioritization

III Primary care-based interventions

Interventions housed within primary care (e.g. generalist care, family medicine) that take leverage existing relationships and familiar infrastructure to promote vaccination

Reminder systems for family physicians

Financial incentives for family physicians

Bundling of vaccines for convenience

Encouraging healthcare providers to engage in vaccine discussions that are non-confrontational and participatory