Novel Psychosocial Correlates of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: Cross-Sectional Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Effective COVID-19 vaccines have been available since early 2021 yet many Americans refuse or delayed uptake. As of mid-2022, still around 30% of US adults remain unvaccinated against COVID-19. The majority (81%) of these unvaccinated adults say they will "definitely not" be getting the COVID-19 vaccine. Understanding the determinants of COVID-19 vaccine uptake is critical to reducing death and illness from the virus, as well as to inform future vaccine efforts, such as the more recent bivalent (omicron) booster.

Objective

This study aimed to expand our understanding of psychosocial determinants of COVID-19 vaccine uptake. We focus on both COVID-19-specific factors, such as COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs, as well as more global personality attributes such as dogmatis

SUBMITTER: Bacon E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10538360 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature