Influence of context on engagement with COVID-19 testing: a scoping review of barriers and facilitators to testing for healthcare workers, care homes and schools in the UK DOI Creative Commons
Billie Andersen-Waine, Claire Keene,

Sophie Dickinson

et al.

BMJ Open, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(4), P. e089062 - e089062

Published: April 1, 2025

Objective The UK government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic included a ‘test, trace and isolate’ strategy. Testing services for healthcare workers, care homes schools accounted greatest spend volume of tests. We reviewed relevant literature identify common unique barriers facilitators engaging with each these testing services. Design Scoping review. Search strategy PubMed, Scopus WHO Research Database were searched evidence published between 1 January 2020 7 November 2022. This was supplemented by identified via free-text searches on Google Scholar provided Health Security Agency (UKHSA). Data extraction synthesis extracted team reviewers synthesised thematically under broad headings perceptions, experiences, programme. Results study 40 sources, including 17 from projects that informed UKHSA’s decisions during pandemic. Eight themes emerged used categorise schools: (1) perceived value, (2) trust in tests public bodies, (3) importance infrastructure, (4) impact media social networks, (5) physical burden test, (6) capability undertake testing, (7) information 8) consequences testing. Conclusions Universal engagement programme related core elements service, such as uncomfortable specimen collection influence peers; could be mitigated or leveraged increase across settings. However, individuals involved, perceptions value available resources differed services, leading experiences Thus, consideration context is crucial when designing implementing

Language: Английский

Influence of context on engagement with COVID-19 testing: a scoping review of barriers and facilitators to testing for healthcare workers, care homes and schools in the UK DOI Creative Commons
Billie Andersen-Waine, Claire Keene,

Sophie Dickinson

et al.

BMJ Open, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(4), P. e089062 - e089062

Published: April 1, 2025

Objective The UK government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic included a ‘test, trace and isolate’ strategy. Testing services for healthcare workers, care homes schools accounted greatest spend volume of tests. We reviewed relevant literature identify common unique barriers facilitators engaging with each these testing services. Design Scoping review. Search strategy PubMed, Scopus WHO Research Database were searched evidence published between 1 January 2020 7 November 2022. This was supplemented by identified via free-text searches on Google Scholar provided Health Security Agency (UKHSA). Data extraction synthesis extracted team reviewers synthesised thematically under broad headings perceptions, experiences, programme. Results study 40 sources, including 17 from projects that informed UKHSA’s decisions during pandemic. Eight themes emerged used categorise schools: (1) perceived value, (2) trust in tests public bodies, (3) importance infrastructure, (4) impact media social networks, (5) physical burden test, (6) capability undertake testing, (7) information 8) consequences testing. Conclusions Universal engagement programme related core elements service, such as uncomfortable specimen collection influence peers; could be mitigated or leveraged increase across settings. However, individuals involved, perceptions value available resources differed services, leading experiences Thus, consideration context is crucial when designing implementing

Language: Английский

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