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Primary Factors Influencing the Decision to Vaccinate against COVID-19 in the United States: A Pre-Vaccine Analysis

Because vaccine hesitancy is a dynamic trait, it is critical to identify and compare the contributing factors at the different stages of a pandemic. The prediction of vaccine decision making and the interpretation of the analytical relationships among variables that encompass public perceptions and...

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Autores principales: Varol, Serkan, Catma, Serkan, Reindl, Diana, Serieux, Elizabeth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8834206/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35162050
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031026
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description Because vaccine hesitancy is a dynamic trait, it is critical to identify and compare the contributing factors at the different stages of a pandemic. The prediction of vaccine decision making and the interpretation of the analytical relationships among variables that encompass public perceptions and attitudes towards the COVID-19 pandemic have been extensively limited to the studies conducted after the administration of the first FDA-approved vaccine in December of 2020. In order to fill the gap in the literature, we used six predictive models and identified the most important factors, via Gini importance measures, that contribute to the prediction of COVID-19 vaccine acceptors and refusers using a nationwide survey that was administered in November 2020, before the widespread use of COVID-19 vaccines. Concerns about (re)contracting COVID-19 and opinions regarding mandatory face covering were identified as the most important predictors of vaccine decision making. By investigating the vaccine acceptors and refusers before the introduction of COVID-19 vaccines, we can help public health officials design and deliver individually tailored and dynamic vaccination programs that can increase the overall vaccine uptake.
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spelling pubmed-88342062022-02-12 Primary Factors Influencing the Decision to Vaccinate against COVID-19 in the United States: A Pre-Vaccine Analysis Varol, Serkan Catma, Serkan Reindl, Diana Serieux, Elizabeth Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Because vaccine hesitancy is a dynamic trait, it is critical to identify and compare the contributing factors at the different stages of a pandemic. The prediction of vaccine decision making and the interpretation of the analytical relationships among variables that encompass public perceptions and attitudes towards the COVID-19 pandemic have been extensively limited to the studies conducted after the administration of the first FDA-approved vaccine in December of 2020. In order to fill the gap in the literature, we used six predictive models and identified the most important factors, via Gini importance measures, that contribute to the prediction of COVID-19 vaccine acceptors and refusers using a nationwide survey that was administered in November 2020, before the widespread use of COVID-19 vaccines. Concerns about (re)contracting COVID-19 and opinions regarding mandatory face covering were identified as the most important predictors of vaccine decision making. By investigating the vaccine acceptors and refusers before the introduction of COVID-19 vaccines, we can help public health officials design and deliver individually tailored and dynamic vaccination programs that can increase the overall vaccine uptake. MDPI 2022-01-18 /pmc/articles/PMC8834206/ /pubmed/35162050 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031026 Text en © 2022 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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