'They've all endorsed it…but I'm just not there:' a qualitative exploration of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy reported by Black and Latinx individuals.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We sought to examine reasons for vaccine hesitancy among online communities of US-based Black and Latinx communities to understand the role of historical racism, present-day structural racism, medical mistrust and individual concerns about vaccine safety and efficacy.

Design

A qualitative study using narrative and interpretive phenomenological analysis of online bulletin board focus groups.

Setting

Bulletin boards with a focus-group-like setting in an online, private, chat-room-like environment.

Participants

Self-described vaccine hesitant participants from US-based Black (30) and Latinx (30) communities designed to reflect various axes of diversity within these respective communities in the US context.

Results

Bulletin board discussions covere

SUBMITTER: Scales D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10360437 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature