Associations Between Social Media Engagement and Vaccine Hesitancy.

ABSTRACT: There has been a surge in vaccine hesitancy following the Coronavirus pandemic. This study measured the prevalence of and identified factors associated with vaccine hesitancy and social media use. An online survey was administered (n = 1050) between May and July 2021. Chi-square tests were used to examine bivariate associations with vaccine hesitancy (partially vaccinated and unvaccinated participants). Logistic regression was used to identify associations between social media use and vaccine hesitancy. Chi-square tests showed women (69.7% vs 28.2% men, p_adjusted = .002), African American participants (52.3% vs 17.8% white, p_adjusted < .001), high school diploma (54.4% vs 38.6% college degree, p_adjusted < .001), political unaffiliated (15.8% vs 14.5% republ

SUBMITTER: Al-Uqdah L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8947854 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature