Changing Attitudes toward the COVID-19 Vaccine among North Carolina Participants in the COVID-19 Community Research Partnership

Autor: Chukwunyelu H. Enwezor, James E. Peacock, Austin L. Seals, Sharon L. Edelstein, Amy N. Hinkelman, Thomas F. Wierzba, Iqra Munawar, Patrick D. Maguire, William H. Lagarde, Michael S. Runyon, Michael A. Gibbs, Thomas R. Gallaher, John W. Sanders, David M. Herrington
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Vaccines, Vol 9, Iss 8, p 916 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2076-393X
DOI: 10.3390/vaccines9080916
Popis: Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccine acceptance is variable. We surveyed participants in the COVID-19 Community Research Partnership from 17 December 2020 to 13 January 2021 to assess vaccine receptiveness. Vaccine uptake was then monitored until 15 May 2021; 20,232 participants responded to the receptiveness survey with vaccination status accessed in 18,874 participants via daily follow-up surveys (participants not completing daily surveys ≥30 days to 15 May 2021, were excluded). In the initial survey, 4802 (23.8%) were vaccine hesitant. Hesitancy was most apparent in women (Adjusted RR 0.93, p < 0.001), Black Americans (Adjusted RR 1.39, 1.41, 1.31 to non-Hispanic Whites, Other, and Hispanic or Latino, respectively p < 0.001), healthcare workers (Adjusted RR 0.93, p < 0.001), suburbanites (ref. Urban Adjusted RR 0.85, 0.90 to urban and rural dwellers, respectively, p < 0.01), and those previously diagnosed with COVID-19 (RR 1.20, p < 0.01). Those p < 0.0001), 78% (Adjusted RR 0.83, p < 0.0001), and 52.7% (Adjusted RR 0.65, p < 0.0001), respectively. These findings suggest that initial intent did not correlate with vaccine uptake in our cohort.
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