Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccine Among Refugees in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Little is known about COVID-19 vaccination intentions among refugee communities in the United States. The objective of this study was to measure COVID-19 vaccination intentions among a sample of refugees in the United States and the reasons for their vaccine acceptance or hesitancy.

Methods

From December 2020 through January 2021, we emailed or text messaged anonymous online surveys to 12 bilingual leaders in the Afghan, Bhutanese, Somali, South Sudanese, and Burmese refugee communities in the United States. We asked community leaders to complete the survey and share the link with community members who met the inclusion criteria (arrived in the United States as refugees, were aged ≥18, and currently lived in the United States). We compared the characteristics of re

SUBMITTER: Zhang M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8579383 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature