Table 1.
Search strategy.
| Search strategy number | Key concepts | 1Key words |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black Asian Ethnicity Minority |
Black OR Asian OR ethnicity OR minority groups OR BAME OR Race OR African Caribbean OR Afro Caribbean OR Indian OR Pakistani OR Bangladeshi OR marginali?ed group$ OR marginali?ed communities OR hard to reach group$ OR hard to reach communities |
| 2 | COVID-19 vaccines hesitancy acceptance trust |
COVID-19 vaccine$ OR SARS-CoV-2 vaccine$ OR Coronavirus vaccine$ OR Vaccine acceptance OR vaccine hesitance OR vaccine refusal OR vaccine trust OR vaccine uptake |
| 3 | UK, England, Britain, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales | UK or England OR Great Britain OR Scotland OR Republic of Ireland OR Northern Ireland OR Wales |
| Final search strategy | 1, 2 and 3 intersected using the ‘AND’ function. | |
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Subject headings and word truncations were entered according to requirements of each database to map all potential keywords. Group 1 concepts were combined using the ‘OR’ function. Likewise group 2 and group 3 concepts were combined using OR function.