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Differences in perceptions and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination between vaccine hesitant and non-hesitant persons

Acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccination becomes more critical as new variants continue to evolve and the United States (US) attempts to move from pandemic response to management and control. COVID-19 stands out in the unique way it has polarized patients and generated sustained vaccine hesitancy over...

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Autores principales: Naranjo, Diana, Kimball, Elisabeth, Nelson, Jeanette, Samore, Matthew, Alder, Stephen C., Stroupe, Kevin, Evans, Charlesnika T., Weaver, Frances M., Ray, Cara, Kale, Ibuola, Galyean, Patrick O., Zickmund, Susan
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10490972/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37682878
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290540
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author Naranjo, Diana
Kimball, Elisabeth
Nelson, Jeanette
Samore, Matthew
Alder, Stephen C.
Stroupe, Kevin
Evans, Charlesnika T.
Weaver, Frances M.
Ray, Cara
Kale, Ibuola
Galyean, Patrick O.
Zickmund, Susan
author_facet Naranjo, Diana
Kimball, Elisabeth
Nelson, Jeanette
Samore, Matthew
Alder, Stephen C.
Stroupe, Kevin
Evans, Charlesnika T.
Weaver, Frances M.
Ray, Cara
Kale, Ibuola
Galyean, Patrick O.
Zickmund, Susan
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description Acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccination becomes more critical as new variants continue to evolve and the United States (US) attempts to move from pandemic response to management and control. COVID-19 stands out in the unique way it has polarized patients and generated sustained vaccine hesitancy over time. We sought to understand differences in perceptions and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination between vaccine hesitant and non-hesitant patients, with the goal of informing communication and implementation strategies to increase uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in Veteran and non-Veteran communities. This qualitative study used interview data from focus groups conducted by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the University of Utah; all focus groups were conducted using the same script March-July 2021. Groups included forty-six United States Veterans receiving care at 28 VA facilities across the country and 166 non-Veterans across Utah for a total of 36 one-hour focus groups. We identified perceptions and attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccination through qualitative analysis of focus group participant remarks, grouping connections with identified themes within domains developed based on the questions asked in the focus group guide. Responses suggest participant attitudes toward the COVID-19 vaccine were shaped primarily by vaccine attitude changes over time, impacted by perceived vaccine benefits, risks, differing sources of vaccine information and political ideology. Veterans appeared more polarized, being either largely non-hesitant, or hesitant, whereas non-Veterans had a wider range of hesitancy, with more participants identifying minor doubts and concerns about receiving the vaccine, or simply being altogether unsure about receiving it. Development of COVID-19 vaccine communication strategies in Veteran and non-Veteran communities should anticipate incongruous sources of information and explicitly target community differences in perceptions of risks and benefits associated with the vaccine to generate candid discussions and repair individuals’ trust. We believe this could accelerate vaccine acceptance over time.
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spelling pubmed-104909722023-09-09 Differences in perceptions and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination between vaccine hesitant and non-hesitant persons Naranjo, Diana Kimball, Elisabeth Nelson, Jeanette Samore, Matthew Alder, Stephen C. Stroupe, Kevin Evans, Charlesnika T. Weaver, Frances M. Ray, Cara Kale, Ibuola Galyean, Patrick O. Zickmund, Susan PLoS One Research Article Acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccination becomes more critical as new variants continue to evolve and the United States (US) attempts to move from pandemic response to management and control. COVID-19 stands out in the unique way it has polarized patients and generated sustained vaccine hesitancy over time. We sought to understand differences in perceptions and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination between vaccine hesitant and non-hesitant patients, with the goal of informing communication and implementation strategies to increase uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in Veteran and non-Veteran communities. This qualitative study used interview data from focus groups conducted by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the University of Utah; all focus groups were conducted using the same script March-July 2021. Groups included forty-six United States Veterans receiving care at 28 VA facilities across the country and 166 non-Veterans across Utah for a total of 36 one-hour focus groups. We identified perceptions and attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccination through qualitative analysis of focus group participant remarks, grouping connections with identified themes within domains developed based on the questions asked in the focus group guide. Responses suggest participant attitudes toward the COVID-19 vaccine were shaped primarily by vaccine attitude changes over time, impacted by perceived vaccine benefits, risks, differing sources of vaccine information and political ideology. Veterans appeared more polarized, being either largely non-hesitant, or hesitant, whereas non-Veterans had a wider range of hesitancy, with more participants identifying minor doubts and concerns about receiving the vaccine, or simply being altogether unsure about receiving it. Development of COVID-19 vaccine communication strategies in Veteran and non-Veteran communities should anticipate incongruous sources of information and explicitly target community differences in perceptions of risks and benefits associated with the vaccine to generate candid discussions and repair individuals’ trust. We believe this could accelerate vaccine acceptance over time. Public Library of Science 2023-09-08 /pmc/articles/PMC10490972/ /pubmed/37682878 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290540 Text en https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/This is an open access article, free of all copyright, and may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any lawful purpose. The work is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) public domain dedication.
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Naranjo, Diana
Kimball, Elisabeth
Nelson, Jeanette
Samore, Matthew
Alder, Stephen C.
Stroupe, Kevin
Evans, Charlesnika T.
Weaver, Frances M.
Ray, Cara
Kale, Ibuola
Galyean, Patrick O.
Zickmund, Susan
Differences in perceptions and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination between vaccine hesitant and non-hesitant persons
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title_full Differences in perceptions and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination between vaccine hesitant and non-hesitant persons
title_fullStr Differences in perceptions and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination between vaccine hesitant and non-hesitant persons
title_full_unstemmed Differences in perceptions and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination between vaccine hesitant and non-hesitant persons
title_short Differences in perceptions and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination between vaccine hesitant and non-hesitant persons
title_sort differences in perceptions and acceptance of covid-19 vaccination between vaccine hesitant and non-hesitant persons
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10490972/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37682878
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290540
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