Vaccinating against settler colonialism: Robert Martell, Maurianne Reade, Lisa Boesch, Davinder P. Kaur, Sandeep Kumar, Michael McArthu, Marion A. Maar, ‘The role of narratives in promoting vaccine confidence among Indigenous peoples in Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand: a scoping review’, International Journal for Equity and Health, 24, #63, 2025 | settler colonial studies blog

Vaccinating against settler colonialism: Robert Martell, Maurianne Reade, Lisa Boesch, Davinder P. Kaur, Sandeep Kumar, Michael McArthu, Marion A. Maar, ‘The role of narratives in promoting vaccine confidence among Indigenous peoples in Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand: a scoping review’, International Journal for Equity and Health, 24, #63, 2025

09Mar25

Abstract: Many Indigenous youth and young adults in Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand have reported low vaccine confidence, which has been linked to lower vaccination rates for COVID-19, MMR, HPV, DTaP-IPV-Hib, and pneumococcal conjugate vaccines. Narrative-based health promotion approaches, including those focused on strengthening vaccine confidence, have been used in public health interventions. Scoping reviews have become increasingly valued for their rigorous and reproducible exploration of evidence in public health research. The aim of this scoping review was to understand the extent and types of evidence related to the facilitators, challenges, and benefits of narrative-based health promotion approaches in vaccine confidence interventions within Indigenous populations.

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