A National Survey Assessing COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Arab Americans
| Autor: | Delaney J. Glass, Siwaar Abouhala, Alzahra Hamidaddin, Mahdi Taye, Feda Hammood, Farah Allouch, Nadia N. Abuelezam, Noor Zanial |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty COVID-19 Vaccines Health (social science) Sociology and Political Science media_common.quotation_subject Immigration Logistic regression Article Religiosity Pandemic Epidemiology Arab Americans medicine Humans Pandemics media_common business.industry Health Policy Vaccination Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health COVID-19 United States Acculturation Health equity Arabs Anthropology Online survey Female Vaccination Hesitancy Health disparities business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities |
| ISSN: | 2196-8837 2197-3792 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s40615-021-01158-6 |
| Popis: | Background Arab Americans’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic have been largely undocumented. Disparities in vaccine hesitancy between non-Hispanic Whites and minoritized groups have been observed, warranting exploration into the prevalence of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among Arab Americans. Methods Data from the Survey of Arab Health in America (SAHA) (n = 638), collected between May 2020 and September 2020, were analyzed to determine predictors for vaccine intention among Arab Americans. Chi-squared tests and logistic regression models were performed to determine the relationship between sociodemographic, immigration, acculturation, and COVID-19 risk variables and vaccine intention. Results More than half (56.7%) of respondents reported an intention to be vaccinated with a COVID-19 vaccine, 35.7% reported uncertainty, and 7.5% reported being unlikely to receive a vaccine. Of those unlikely to receive the vaccine, 72.9% were women and 85.4% reported moderate to high religiosity (p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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