Vaccination Coverage and Uptake in Young People Experiencing or at Risk of Homelessness

Murdoch Childrens Research Institute

Status: Completed

Conditions: Homeless Youth

Treatments: Other: Referral to the Young People's Health Service immunisation nurse

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04864678

60835

Details and patient eligibility

About

This retrospective audit will investigate if young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in Melbourne were up-to-date with routine childhood and adolescent vaccines on first encounter with a nurse-led primary health clinic (the Young People's Health Service), and if they commenced and completed immunisation catch-up plans following referral to the Young People's Health Service immunisation nurse.

The purpose of the proposed study is to establish baseline immunisation coverage within the targeted population, then to explore the impact of an immunisation nurse role on immunisation coverage in a population of young people aged 15-24 years who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

The Young People's Health Service is a program of the Royal Children's Hospital Department of Adolescent Medicine. The data collected will be sourced solely from the Royal Children's Hospital Electronic Medical Records.

Enrollment: 400 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 15 to 24 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Is between the ages of 15-24 years inclusive at enrolment
• Has a signed general consent/referral form to the Young People's Health Service immunisation nurse between 19th February 2019 - 19th July 2020 and scanned into their EMR. Verbal consent is accepted.
• Was referred from a clinic or outreach location attended by the Young People's Health Service (i.e. a service for people experiencing homelessness)

Exclusion criteria

• Does not have a signed consent/referral form to Young People's Health Service immunisation nurse

Trial design

400 participants in 1 patient group

Young people who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness

Description:

Young people aged 15-24 years who have accessed a homeless youth service, refuge, or flexible learning center in Melbourne, Australia.

Treatment:

Other: Referral to the Young People's Health Service immunisation nurse