ArticleDisability and health journal2022
COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy among Americans with disabilities aged 18-65: An exploratory analysis.
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- Behavioral and social predictors of COVID-19 vaccine uptake among persons with disabilities in Kenya.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Predictors of COVID-19 vaccine acceptability among refugees and other migrant populations: A systematic scoping review.PloS one · 2024Article
- COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and attitudes of subjects with disability and their carers in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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- Effect of religious fatalism and concern about new variants on the acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
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- Reasons for COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in individuals with chronic health conditions.Health science reports · 2022Article
- People with disabilities, community living, and COVID-19.Disability and health journal · 2022Article
- Perception towards vaccine effectiveness in controlling COVID-19 spread in rural and urban communities: A global survey.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- COVID-19 Vaccines and Public Anxiety: Antibody Tests May Be Widely Accepted.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundIt is important for people with disabilities to be vaccinated against COVID-19 because, as a group, they are at increased risk of severe outcomes. While there are multiple vaccines available to prevent COVID-19, a considerable proportion of Americans report some hesitancy to becoming vaccinated, including people with disabilities.
objectiveWe conducted a study to explore what factors may contribute to COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy among Americans with disabilities.
methodsWe used Amazon's Mechanical Turk to survey 439 people with disabilities (ages 18+) about their concerns of the COVID-19 disease, vaccines, and hesitancy toward vaccination to learn more about factors that influence vaccination hesitancy. Concerns about vaccines were analyzed as a composite variable representing different dimensions such as: side effects, too new, developed too quickly, influenced by politics, and effectiveness.
resultsResults from a logistic regression indicate that concern about vaccines was the most significant predictor of hesitancy, even after considering demographic, economic, and geographic factors. Concerns about getting COVID-19, getting tested for COVID-19, trust in experts, education, and being a Democrat were negatively associated with hesitancy.
conclusionsThese findings indicate that some groups of individuals may be more vaccination hesitant because they are more concerned about vaccine safety than COVID-19 infection. Public health messaging that focuses on the risks of vaccines relative to the risks of COVID-19 might be one strategy to reduce hesitancy and increase vaccination uptake. Messaging should also be tailored to specific disabilities (i.e. physical, mental, sensory), written in plain language, and disseminated in accessible formats.
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