Factors Associated with COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake in Great Plains American Indian Communities.

ABSTRACT: With the development of the COVID-19 vaccine in late 2020, the importance of understanding the drivers of vaccine acceptance and vaccine hesitancy is important for the health of American Indian and Alaska Native communities. We conducted a cross-sectional, anonymous survey in October 2021 using established quantitative methods of virtual surveys to reach tribal members living on three reservations in the Great Plains (N = 679). We conducted multivariate analyses using logistic regression to assess the association between independent variables and COVID-19 vaccination status after adjusting for confounding. Respondents were more likely to have received a COVID-19 vaccine if they were older, had a full-time job, had previously received a flu vaccination, reported a higher level of trust in t

SUBMITTER: Purvis SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11104425 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature