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COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: Disadvantaged Groups' Experience with Perceived Barriers, Cues to Action, and Attitudes.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Drawing from the Health Belief Model, we explored how disadvantaged groups in the U.S., including Black, Hispanic, less educated and wealthy individuals, experienced perceived barriers and cues to action in the context of the COVID-19 vaccination.

Design

A cross-sectional survey administered in March 2021.

Setting

USA.

Subjects

A national sample of U.S. residents (n = 795) recruited from Prolific.

Measures

Perceived barriers (clinical, access, trust, religion/spiritual), cues to action (authorities, social circles), attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccination.

Analysis

Factor analysis and Structural Equation Model (SEM) were performed in STATA 16.

Results

Black and less educated individuals experienced higher clinical barriers (CI [.012, .33]; CI [.027, .10]), trust barriers (CI [.49, .92]; CI [.057, .16]), and religious/spiritual barriers (CI [.28, .66]; CI [.026, .11]). Hispanics experienced lower levels of clinical barriers (CI [-.42, .0001]). Clinical, trust, and religious/spiritual barriers were negatively related to attitudes toward vaccination (CI [-.45, -.15]; CI [-.79, -.51]; CI [-.43, -.13]). Black and less educated individuals experienced fewer cues to action by authority (CI [-.47, -.083]; CI [-.093, -.002]) and social ties (CI [-.75, -.33]; CI [-.18, -.080]). Lower-income individuals experienced fewer cues to action by social ties (CI [-.097, -.032]). Cues from social ties were positively associated with vaccination attitudes (CI [.065, .26]).

Conclusion

Communication should be personalized to address perceived barriers disadvantaged groups differentially experience and use sources who exert influences on these groups.

SUBMITTER: Coman IA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9618917 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: Disadvantaged Groups' Experience with Perceived Barriers, Cues to Action, and Attitudes.

Coman Ioana A IA Xu Shan S Yamamoto Masahiro M

American journal of health promotion : AJHP 20221028 4

<h4>Purpose</h4>Drawing from the Health Belief Model, we explored how disadvantaged groups in the U.S., including Black, Hispanic, less educated and wealthy individuals, experienced perceived barriers and cues to action in the context of the COVID-19 vaccination.<h4>Design</h4>A cross-sectional survey administered in March 2021.<h4>Setting</h4>USA.<h4>Subjects</h4>A national sample of U.S. residents (n = 795) recruited from Prolific.<h4>Measures</h4>Perceived barriers (clinical, access, trust, r ...[more]

PMID: 36306535

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COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: Disadvantaged Groups' Experience with Perceived Barriers, Cues to Action, and Attitudes.

Purpose

Design

Setting

Subjects

Measures

Analysis

Results

Conclusion

Publications

COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: Disadvantaged Groups' Experience with Perceived Barriers, Cues to Action, and Attitudes.

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