COVID-19 vaccine coverage among immigrants and refugees in Alberta: A population-based cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies have shown that immigrants have lower vaccination rates than the Canadian-born population. We sought to assess COVID-19 vaccine coverage and factors associated with uptake among foreign-born immigrants relative to the non-immigrant population in Alberta, Canada.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study, we analysed population-based linked administrative health data from Alberta to examine vaccine coverage for 3 931 698 Albertans, of which 731 217 were immigrants. We calculated COVID-19 vaccination coverage as the proportion of eligible Albertans with a record of receiving at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine as of November 29, 2021. We used multivariable logistic regression to examine the association of vaccine coverage with migration status (immigrants: f

SUBMITTER: MacDonald SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9725104 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature