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COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Beliefs among Black and Hispanic Americans
The introduction of COVID-19 vaccines is a major public health breakthrough. However, members of US Black and Hispanic communities, already disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 virus, may be less willing to receive the vaccine. We conducted a broad, representative survey of US adults (N = 1,9...
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2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8384224/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34428216 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256122 |
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description | The introduction of COVID-19 vaccines is a major public health breakthrough. However, members of US Black and Hispanic communities, already disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 virus, may be less willing to receive the vaccine. We conducted a broad, representative survey of US adults (N = 1,950) in order to better understand vaccine beliefs and explore opportunities to increase vaccine acceptance among these groups. The survey results suggested that Black and Hispanic individuals were less willing than Whites to receive the vaccine. US Blacks and Hispanics also planned to delay receiving the COVID-19 vaccine for a longer time period than Whites, potentially further increasing the risk of contracting COVID-19 within populations that are already experiencing high disease prevalence. Black respondents were less likely to want the COVID-19 vaccine at all compared with Whites and Hispanics, and mistrust of the vaccine among Black respondents was significantly higher than other racial/ethnic groups. Encouragingly, many Black and Hispanic respondents reported that COVID-19 vaccine endorsements from same-race medical professionals would increase their willingness to receive it. These respondents said they would also be motivated by receiving more information on the experiences of vaccine study participants who are of their own race and ethnicity. The results have implications for improved messaging of culturally-tailored communications to help reduce COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among communities disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. |
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spelling | pubmed-83842242021-08-25 COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Beliefs among Black and Hispanic Americans Kricorian, Katherine Turner, Karin PLoS One Research Article The introduction of COVID-19 vaccines is a major public health breakthrough. However, members of US Black and Hispanic communities, already disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 virus, may be less willing to receive the vaccine. We conducted a broad, representative survey of US adults (N = 1,950) in order to better understand vaccine beliefs and explore opportunities to increase vaccine acceptance among these groups. The survey results suggested that Black and Hispanic individuals were less willing than Whites to receive the vaccine. US Blacks and Hispanics also planned to delay receiving the COVID-19 vaccine for a longer time period than Whites, potentially further increasing the risk of contracting COVID-19 within populations that are already experiencing high disease prevalence. Black respondents were less likely to want the COVID-19 vaccine at all compared with Whites and Hispanics, and mistrust of the vaccine among Black respondents was significantly higher than other racial/ethnic groups. Encouragingly, many Black and Hispanic respondents reported that COVID-19 vaccine endorsements from same-race medical professionals would increase their willingness to receive it. These respondents said they would also be motivated by receiving more information on the experiences of vaccine study participants who are of their own race and ethnicity. The results have implications for improved messaging of culturally-tailored communications to help reduce COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among communities disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. Public Library of Science 2021-08-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8384224/ /pubmed/34428216 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256122 Text en © 2021 Kricorian, Turner https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Kricorian, Katherine Turner, Karin COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Beliefs among Black and Hispanic Americans |
title | COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Beliefs among Black and Hispanic Americans |
title_full | COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Beliefs among Black and Hispanic Americans |
title_fullStr | COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Beliefs among Black and Hispanic Americans |
title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Beliefs among Black and Hispanic Americans |
title_short | COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Beliefs among Black and Hispanic Americans |
title_sort | covid-19 vaccine acceptance and beliefs among black and hispanic americans |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8384224/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34428216 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256122 |
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