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Demographic and Psychosocial Correlates of COVID-19 Vaccination Status among a Statewide Sample in Texas

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a global public health concern since early 2020 and has required local and state-level responses in the United States. There were several Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved vaccines available for the prevention of COVID-19 as of August 2022, yet not all states...

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Autores principales: Luningham, Justin M., Akpan, Idara N., Taskin, Tanjila, Alkhatib, Sarah, Vishwanatha, Jamboor K., Thompson, Erika L.
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Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10144075/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37112760
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11040848
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author Luningham, Justin M.
Akpan, Idara N.
Taskin, Tanjila
Alkhatib, Sarah
Vishwanatha, Jamboor K.
Thompson, Erika L.
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Akpan, Idara N.
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description The COVID-19 pandemic has been a global public health concern since early 2020 and has required local and state-level responses in the United States. There were several Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved vaccines available for the prevention of COVID-19 as of August 2022, yet not all states have achieved high vaccination coverage. Texas is a particularly unique state with a history of opposing vaccination mandates, as well as a large and ethnically/racially diverse population. This study explored the demographic and psychosocial correlates of COVID-19 vaccinations among a statewide sample in Texas. A quota sample of 1089 individuals was surveyed online from June–July 2022. The primary outcome in this study was COVID-19 vaccination status (fully vaccinated, partially vaccinated, or unvaccinated) and included independent variables related to demographics, COVID-19 infection/vaccine attitudes and beliefs, and challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hispanic/Latinx individuals were more likely than non-Hispanic White individuals to be partially vaccinated as opposed to unvaccinated. Higher education levels and confidence that the FDA would ensure a safe COVID-19 vaccine were strongly associated with a higher likelihood of being fully vaccinated. In addition, some challenges brought on by the pandemic and concerns about becoming infected or infecting others were associated with a higher likelihood of being partially or fully vaccinated. These findings emphasize the need to further investigate the interaction between individual and contextual factors in improving COVID-19 vaccination rates, especially among vulnerable and disadvantaged populations.
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spelling pubmed-101440752023-04-29 Demographic and Psychosocial Correlates of COVID-19 Vaccination Status among a Statewide Sample in Texas Luningham, Justin M. Akpan, Idara N. Taskin, Tanjila Alkhatib, Sarah Vishwanatha, Jamboor K. Thompson, Erika L. Vaccines (Basel) Article The COVID-19 pandemic has been a global public health concern since early 2020 and has required local and state-level responses in the United States. There were several Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved vaccines available for the prevention of COVID-19 as of August 2022, yet not all states have achieved high vaccination coverage. Texas is a particularly unique state with a history of opposing vaccination mandates, as well as a large and ethnically/racially diverse population. This study explored the demographic and psychosocial correlates of COVID-19 vaccinations among a statewide sample in Texas. A quota sample of 1089 individuals was surveyed online from June–July 2022. The primary outcome in this study was COVID-19 vaccination status (fully vaccinated, partially vaccinated, or unvaccinated) and included independent variables related to demographics, COVID-19 infection/vaccine attitudes and beliefs, and challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hispanic/Latinx individuals were more likely than non-Hispanic White individuals to be partially vaccinated as opposed to unvaccinated. Higher education levels and confidence that the FDA would ensure a safe COVID-19 vaccine were strongly associated with a higher likelihood of being fully vaccinated. In addition, some challenges brought on by the pandemic and concerns about becoming infected or infecting others were associated with a higher likelihood of being partially or fully vaccinated. These findings emphasize the need to further investigate the interaction between individual and contextual factors in improving COVID-19 vaccination rates, especially among vulnerable and disadvantaged populations. MDPI 2023-04-15 /pmc/articles/PMC10144075/ /pubmed/37112760 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11040848 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Taskin, Tanjila
Alkhatib, Sarah
Vishwanatha, Jamboor K.
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Demographic and Psychosocial Correlates of COVID-19 Vaccination Status among a Statewide Sample in Texas
title Demographic and Psychosocial Correlates of COVID-19 Vaccination Status among a Statewide Sample in Texas
title_full Demographic and Psychosocial Correlates of COVID-19 Vaccination Status among a Statewide Sample in Texas
title_fullStr Demographic and Psychosocial Correlates of COVID-19 Vaccination Status among a Statewide Sample in Texas
title_full_unstemmed Demographic and Psychosocial Correlates of COVID-19 Vaccination Status among a Statewide Sample in Texas
title_short Demographic and Psychosocial Correlates of COVID-19 Vaccination Status among a Statewide Sample in Texas
title_sort demographic and psychosocial correlates of covid-19 vaccination status among a statewide sample in texas
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10144075/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37112760
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11040848
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