COVID-19 vaccination willingness and uptake among rural Black/African American, Latino, and White adults.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to assess differences in COVID-19 vaccine willingness and uptake between rural and nonrural adults, and within rural racial-ethnic groups.

Methods

We utilized data from the COVID-19's Unequal Racial Burden online survey, which included 1,500 Black/African American, Latino, and White rural adults (n = 500 each). Baseline (12/2020-2/2021) and 6-month follow-up (8/2021-9/2021) surveys were administered. A cohort of nonrural Black/African American, Latino, and White adults (n = 2,277) was created to compare differences between rural and nonrural communities. Multinomial logistic regression was used to assess associations between rurality, race-ethnicity, and vaccine willingness and uptake.

Findings

At baseline, only 24.9% of rural adu

SUBMITTER: Strassle PD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10474244 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature