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COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among Arab Americans.
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- Vaccine hesitancy in the refugee, immigrant, and migrant population in the United States: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2022Pooled it
- Barriers and facilitators of childhood COVID-19 vaccination among parents: A systematic review.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Pooled it
- Disaggregating Middle Eastern and North African Populations in Mortality Records to Better Understand COVID-19 Inequalities in Virginia.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- New Checkbox, Now What? A Scoping Review to Guide Health Research among Middle Eastern and North African Communities.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Influenza Vaccine Coverage Lower in Foreign-Born Middle Eastern and North African Children Compared to Other Groups: Results from the 2005-2018 National Health Interview Survey.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- COVID-19 Case-Fatality Rates in Michigan Are Higher for Arab Americans Compared With Non-Hispanic White Individuals for the Oldest Age Groups.Ethnicity & disease · 2025Article
- Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Under-Vaccination among Marginalized Populations in the United States and Canada: A Scoping Review.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Racial and ethnic differences in COVID-19 infection and vaccine uptake across multiple waves of the pandemic in Southeast Michigan: a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Disparities in Vaccination Amongst Socially Vulnerable Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2025Article
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- Cervical cancer screening and vaccination acceptability and attitudes among Arab American women in Southeastern Michigan: a qualitative study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Global disparities in COVID-19 vaccine booster dose (VBD) acceptance and hesitancy: An updated narrative review.Vaccine: X · 2024Review
- Impact of prior SARS-CoV-2 infection on college students' hesitancy to receive additional COVID-19 vaccine booster doses: A study from Taizhou, China.Preventive medicine reports · 2024Article
- Predictors of COVID-19 vaccine acceptability among refugees and other migrant populations: A systematic scoping review.PloS one · 2024Article
- Worldwide Estimation of Parental Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccine for Their Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Vaccines · 2023Review
- Acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination in a sample of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) Houston residents.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Factors associated with COVID-19 booster vaccine willingness among migrants from the Eastern Mediterranean living in Australia: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2022Article
- COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Dose Acceptance: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2022Review
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26 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
(1) Background: Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccines have a significant impact on reducing morbidity and mortality from infection. However, vaccine hesitancy remains an obstacle in combating the pandemic. The Arab American (AA) population is understudied; thus, we aimed to explore COVID-19 attitudes within this community. (2) Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. An anonymous online survey was distributed to members of different AA associations and to the community through the snowball method. (3) Results: A total of 1746 participants completed the survey. A total of 92% of respondents reported having received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. A total of 73% reported willingness to receive a booster, and 72% plan to give their children the vaccine. On multivariate analysis, respondents were more likely to be vaccine-hesitant if they were hesitant about receiving any vaccine in general. They were less likely to be vaccine-hesitant if they were immigrants, over the age of 40, up to date on their general vaccination and if they believed that COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective in preventing an infection. The belief that all vaccines are effective at preventing diseases was also associated with lower hesitancy. (4) Conclusions: This sample of AAs have higher vaccination rates and are more willing to vaccinate their children against COVID-19 when compared to the rest of the population. However, a reemergence of hesitancy might be arising towards the boosters.
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