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Immunization Coverage in Young People Experiencing Homelessness and the Impact of a Nurse-led Program

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SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/21501319231204581

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young people; homelessness; vaccines; nurse-led clinic; community health

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This study aims to evaluate the proportion of young people experiencing homelessness who receive immunizations and the impact of a nurse-led immunization program on vaccination coverage. The results show that integrating an immunization nurse within a youth homelessness service significantly increased the percentage of young people up-to-date with routine vaccinations. It is common for young people accessing homelessness services to have incomplete vaccination coverage, and encountering an immunization nurse during support services can improve this situation.
Objectives:To identify the proportion of young people experiencing homelessness who are immunized against vaccine-preventable diseases, and to evaluate the impact of a nurse-led immunization program to improve vaccination coverage in this population.Methods:A retrospective audit of electronic medical records included 400 participants aged 15 to 24 years who had an encounter with the Young People's Health Service, a nurse-led clinic co-located with a specialist youth homelessness service in Melbourne, Australia, between February 2019 and May 2021.Results:Integrating an immunization nurse within a youth specialist homelessness service increased the percentage of young people who were up-to-date with routine vaccinations from 6.0% (n = 24) to 38.8% (n = 155). Intersecting social determinants of health that increased participants' risk of vaccine preventable diseases, and of missing routine vaccines, were common.Conclusions:Incomplete coverage of routine vaccines is common in young people accessing homelessness services, and this coverage was improved when young people encountered an immunization nurse while accessing support from a specialist youth homelessness service. As a service model, nurse-led community health clinics co-located within homelessness providers can improve vaccination coverage, and therefore health outcomes, of young people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

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