COVID-19 vaccination intent, perceptions, and reasons for not vaccinating among groups prioritized for early vaccination — United States, September and December 2020

Autor: James A. Singleton, Anup Srivastav, Walter W. Williams, Megan C. Lindley, Kimberly H. Nguyen, Hilda Razzaghi, Cynthia Jorgensen, Neetu Abad
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
Male
Health (social science)
Epidemiology
Health
Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Intention
030230 surgery
01 natural sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Health Information Management
Pandemic
Immunology and Allergy
Medicine
Pharmacology (medical)
030212 general & internal medicine
Young adult
education.field_of_study
Cdc: Report
Vaccination
General Medicine
Middle Aged
Female
Adult
COVID-19 Vaccines
Adolescent
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Population
MEDLINE
Herd immunity
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
Environmental health
Health insurance
Humans
0101 mathematics
education
Lower income
Aged
Transplantation
Government
business.industry
010102 general mathematics
COVID-19
Absolutely Certain
Educational attainment
United States
Socioeconomic Factors
Reports from the Cdc: MMWR
Solid organ transplantation
business
Demography
Zdroj: American Journal of Transplantation
ISSN: 1600-6135
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.16560
Popis: As of February 8, 2021, 59.3 million doses of vaccines to prevent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) had been distributed in the United States, and 31.6 million persons had received at least 1 dose of the COVID-19 vaccine (1). However, national polls conducted before vaccine distribution began suggested that many persons were hesitant to receive COVID-19 vaccination (2). To examine perceptions toward COVID-19 vaccine and intentions to be vaccinated, in September and December 2020, CDC conducted household panel surveys among a representative sample of U.S. adults. From September to December, vaccination intent (defined as being absolutely certain or very likely to be vaccinated) increased overall (from 39.4% to 49.1%); the largest increase occurred among adults aged ≥65 years. If defined as being absolutely certain, very likely, or somewhat likely to be vaccinated, vaccination intent increased overall from September (61.9%) to December (68.0%). Vaccination nonintent (defined as not intending to receive a COVID-19 vaccination) decreased among all adults (from 38.1% to 32.1%) and among most sociodemographic groups. Younger adults, women, non-Hispanic Black (Black) persons, adults living in nonmetropolitan areas, and adults with lower educational attainment, with lower income, and without health insurance were most likely to report lack of intent to receive COVID-19 vaccine. Intent to receive COVID-19 vaccine increased among adults aged ≥65 years by 17.1 percentage points (from 49.1% to 66.2%), among essential workers by 8.8 points (from 37.1% to 45.9%), and among adults aged 18-64 years with underlying medical conditions by 5.3 points (from 36.5% to 41.8%). Although confidence in COVID-19 vaccines increased during September-December 2020 in the United States, additional efforts to tailor messages and implement strategies to further increase the public's confidence, overall and within specific subpopulations, are needed. Ensuring high and equitable vaccination coverage across all populations is important to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and mitigate the impact of the pandemic.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
Externí odkaz: