What is it about?
During the initial waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, the uptake of the COVID-19 vaccines were unequal amongst different ethnic groups. This novel study explores the nuances ethnicity and culture had on vaccine behaviour amongst pregnant women in the UK during the pandemic.
Featured Image
Photo by ManuelTheLensman on Unsplash
Why is it important?
COVID-19 pandemic is a stark reminder of the human fragility. The unprecedented nature of this virus resulted in millions of lost lives globally and nationally, particularly in low to middle income countries. Pregnant women are deemed a vulnerable group and lessons must be learned to support narrowing the health inequities and inequalities within health and maternity care services, particularly of minority populations.
Perspectives
As an ethnic minority midwife, working in the frontline during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, this experience made a lifelong impact on my perception of the meaning of equity in access, and equality in maternity care services. Access to credible information is unequal amongst ethnicities and trust is compromised. This study aims to provide a lens into how ethnicity and culture impacts this, and I am very proud that current and future practitioners may benefit from the research undertaken.
Samia Kaddeer
King’s College London
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: Ethnicity, culture and COVID-19 vaccine behaviour in South Asian and Caucasian pregnant women, British Journal of Midwifery, June 2025, Mark Allen Group,
DOI: 10.12968/bjom.2025.0002.
You can read the full text:
Contributors
The following have contributed to this page
