A mixed method evaluation of a novel targeted health messaging intervention to promote COVID-19 protective behaviours and vaccination among black and South Asian communities living in the UK (The COBHAM study)

Sutton, K., Armes, Jo, Forbes, Lindsay, Mohamed, Amran, Shafi, Shuja, Mustafa, Reham, Shah, Sunayana, Hayward, Andrew, Pirani, Tasneem, Vandrevala, Tushna, and others. (2025) A mixed method evaluation of a novel targeted health messaging intervention to promote COVID-19 protective behaviours and vaccination among black and South Asian communities living in the UK (The COBHAM study). Clinical Medicine, 25 (2). Article Number 100285. ISSN 1473-4893. (doi:10.1016/j.clinme.2025.100285) (KAR id:108478)

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Abstract

Aim: To evaluate an intervention (a film and electronic leaflet) disseminated via text message by general practices to promote COVID-19 preventative behaviours in Black and South Asian communities.

Methods: We carried out a before-and-after questionnaire study of attitudes to and implementation of COVID-19 preventative behaviours and qualitative interviews about the intervention with people registered with 26 general practices in England who identified as Black or South Asian.

Results: In the 108 people who completed both questionnaires, we found no significant change in attitudes to and implementation of COVID-19 preventative behaviours, although power was too low to detect significant effects. A key qualitative finding was that participants felt they did not ‘belong’ to the group targeted by the intervention.

Conclusion: Interventions targeting ethnic minorities in the UK need to acknowledge the heterogeneity of experience and circumstances of the target group so that people feel that the intervention is relevant to them.

Item Type:	Article
DOI/Identification number:	10.1016/j.clinme.2025.100285
Uncontrolled keywords:	COVID-19; Protective health behaviours; Vaccination; Targeted health messaging; Ethnic minority
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Divisions:	Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research > Centre for Health Services Studies
Funders:	Innovate UK (https://ror.org/05ar5fy68)
Depositing User:	Lindsay Forbes
Date Deposited:	21 Jan 2025 11:24 UTC
Last Modified:	23 Apr 2025 07:50 UTC
Resource URI:	https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/108478 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Forbes, Lindsay.

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