The COVID-19 Vaccine Conundrum: An Assessment of Vaccine Hesitancy Amongst Patients at a Federally Qualified Health Center.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With three COVID-19 vaccines currently authorized for use in the US, vaccine hesitancy has the potential to sabotage COVID-19 vaccination efforts and be detrimental to overall health outcomes. In order to realize the extent of vaccine hesitancy, an adequate understanding of the role that self-identified barriers and epidemiologic factors may play is timely and important.

Objectives

The objectives of this study were to 1) determine if there is a relationship between vaccine hesitancy and epidemiologic factors, and 2) identify perceived patient-reported barriers associated with receiving a COVID-19 vaccine.

Methods

A written questionnaire was utilized to collect data from eligible patients over a 15-week period between October 2020 and February 2021. A combin

SUBMITTER: Clark LR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9309589 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature