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dc.contributor.authorMoore, Justin Xavier
dc.contributor.authorGilbert, Keon L.
dc.contributor.authorLively, Katie L.
dc.contributor.authorLaurent, Christian
dc.contributor.authorChawla, Rishab
dc.contributor.authorLi, Cynthia
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Ryan
dc.contributor.authorPetcu, Robert
dc.contributor.authorMehra, Mehul
dc.contributor.authorSpooner, Antron
dc.contributor.authorKolhe, Ravindra
dc.contributor.authorLedford, Christy J. W.
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-11T16:41:09Z
dc.date.available2022-03-11T16:41:09Z
dc.date.issued2021-08-08
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/vaccines9080879
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10675.2/624262
dc.description.abstractIn the United States, African Americans (AAs) have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19 mortality. However, AAs are more likely to be hesitant in receiving COVID-19 vaccinations when compared to non-Hispanic Whites. We examined factors associated with vaccine hesitancy among a predominant AA community sample. We performed a cross-sectional analysis on data collected from a convenience sample of 257 community-dwelling participants in the Central Savannah River Area from 5 December 2020, through 17 April 2021. Vaccine hesitancy was categorized as resistant, hesitant, and acceptant. We estimated relative odds of vaccine resistance and vaccine hesitancy using polytomous logistic regression models. Nearly one-third of the participants were either hesitant (n = 40, 15.6%) or resistant (n = 42, 16.3%) to receiving a COVID-19 vaccination. Vaccine-resistant participants were more likely to be younger and were more likely to have experienced housing insecurity due to COVID-19 when compared to both acceptant and hesitant participants, respectively. Age accounted for nearly 25% of the variation in vaccine resistance, with 21-fold increased odds (OR: 21.93, 95% CI: 8.97–5.26–91.43) of vaccine resistance in participants aged 18 to 29 compared to 50 and older adults. Housing insecurity accounted for 8% of the variation in vaccine resistance and was associated with 7-fold increased odds of vaccine resistance (AOR: 7.35, 95% CI: 1.99–27.10). In this sample, AAs under the age of 30 and those experiencing housing insecurity because of the COVID-19 pandemic were more likely to be resistant to receiving a free COVID-19 vaccination.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was supported by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number K01MD015304. This project was also funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, a component of the NIH, Department of Health and Human Services, under contract 75N93019C00052.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectPharmacology (medical)en_US
dc.subjectInfectious Diseasesen_US
dc.subjectDrug Discoveryen_US
dc.subjectPharmacologyen_US
dc.subjectImmunologyen_US
dc.subjectCOVID-19; vaccine acceptance; race; disparitiesen_US
dc.titleCorrelates of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among a Community Sample of African Americans Living in the Southern United Statesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.eissn2076-393X
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Population Health Sciences; Department of Medicine; Institute of Preventive and Public Health; Department of Pathology; Department of Family Medicineen_US
dc.identifier.journalVaccinesen_US
dc.identifier.piivaccines9080879
dc.source.journaltitleVaccines
dc.source.volume9
dc.source.issue8
dc.source.beginpage879
refterms.dateFOA2022-03-11T16:41:09Z


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