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COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy among ethnic minorities in Hong Kong

Ethnic minorities account for 8% of the Hong Kong population, most are Filipino and Indonesian domestic helpers taking care of children and the elderly. To understand the COVID-19 vaccination rates and factors associated with vaccine acceptance of ethnic minorities, we performed a cross-sectional qu...

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Autores principales: Chua, Gilbert T., Lok Yan, Cheung, Wong, Wilfred HS, Sridhar, Siddharth, To, Kelvin KW, Lau, Joseph, Gurung, Sharmila, Mahtani, Shalini, Ho, Raymond, Li, Wing Sum, Yam, Jason CS, Rosa Duque, Jaime S, Wong, Ian C K, Lau, Yu Lung, Kwan, Mike Yat Wah, Ip, Patrick
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9225673/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35475949
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2022.2054261
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author Chua, Gilbert T.
Lok Yan, Cheung
Wong, Wilfred HS
Sridhar, Siddharth
To, Kelvin KW
Lau, Joseph
Gurung, Sharmila
Mahtani, Shalini
Ho, Raymond
Li, Wing Sum
Yam, Jason CS
Rosa Duque, Jaime S
Wong, Ian C K
Lau, Yu Lung
Kwan, Mike Yat Wah
Ip, Patrick
author_facet Chua, Gilbert T.
Lok Yan, Cheung
Wong, Wilfred HS
Sridhar, Siddharth
To, Kelvin KW
Lau, Joseph
Gurung, Sharmila
Mahtani, Shalini
Ho, Raymond
Li, Wing Sum
Yam, Jason CS
Rosa Duque, Jaime S
Wong, Ian C K
Lau, Yu Lung
Kwan, Mike Yat Wah
Ip, Patrick
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description Ethnic minorities account for 8% of the Hong Kong population, most are Filipino and Indonesian domestic helpers taking care of children and the elderly. To understand the COVID-19 vaccination rates and factors associated with vaccine acceptance of ethnic minorities, we performed a cross-sectional questionnaire study recruiting Hong Kong ethnic minorities aged ≥18 years between 1 July and 18 July 2021 in public areas. Demographics, knowledge about COVID-19, vaccination status, intention and reasons to receive the vaccine, and planning to be re-vaccinated were analyzed. Continuous and categorical variables were compared using unpaired t-test and Chi-square test, respectively. Potential confounders were adjusted using multiple logistic regression. 2,012 ethnic minorities participated, with a mean age of 39 years, of which 97.6% were female, 79.5% were Filipino, and 17.5% were Indonesian. 80.6% of participants were categorized as vaccine acceptance, and 69.2% were willing to be re-vaccinated. There were significantly more Filipinos than Indonesians in the vaccine acceptance group (p < .001). Subjects in the vaccine acceptance group were more likely to have higher education (p < .001), a higher COVID-19 knowledge score (p < .001), received information from the Government website (p = .003) and not from their friends or family members (p = .02), and were more confident in judging the accuracy of the information (p < .001). Logistic regression showed the mean knowledge score (β = 3.07, p < .001) and receiving information from official Government websites (adjusted OR = 1.37, p = .03) were significant factors that positively influenced vaccine acceptance. The Hong Kong Government should improve COVID-19 vaccination acceptance among ethnic minorities through public education using official channels.
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spelling pubmed-92256732022-06-24 COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy among ethnic minorities in Hong Kong Chua, Gilbert T. Lok Yan, Cheung Wong, Wilfred HS Sridhar, Siddharth To, Kelvin KW Lau, Joseph Gurung, Sharmila Mahtani, Shalini Ho, Raymond Li, Wing Sum Yam, Jason CS Rosa Duque, Jaime S Wong, Ian C K Lau, Yu Lung Kwan, Mike Yat Wah Ip, Patrick Hum Vaccin Immunother Coronavirus – Research Paper Ethnic minorities account for 8% of the Hong Kong population, most are Filipino and Indonesian domestic helpers taking care of children and the elderly. To understand the COVID-19 vaccination rates and factors associated with vaccine acceptance of ethnic minorities, we performed a cross-sectional questionnaire study recruiting Hong Kong ethnic minorities aged ≥18 years between 1 July and 18 July 2021 in public areas. Demographics, knowledge about COVID-19, vaccination status, intention and reasons to receive the vaccine, and planning to be re-vaccinated were analyzed. Continuous and categorical variables were compared using unpaired t-test and Chi-square test, respectively. Potential confounders were adjusted using multiple logistic regression. 2,012 ethnic minorities participated, with a mean age of 39 years, of which 97.6% were female, 79.5% were Filipino, and 17.5% were Indonesian. 80.6% of participants were categorized as vaccine acceptance, and 69.2% were willing to be re-vaccinated. There were significantly more Filipinos than Indonesians in the vaccine acceptance group (p < .001). Subjects in the vaccine acceptance group were more likely to have higher education (p < .001), a higher COVID-19 knowledge score (p < .001), received information from the Government website (p = .003) and not from their friends or family members (p = .02), and were more confident in judging the accuracy of the information (p < .001). Logistic regression showed the mean knowledge score (β = 3.07, p < .001) and receiving information from official Government websites (adjusted OR = 1.37, p = .03) were significant factors that positively influenced vaccine acceptance. The Hong Kong Government should improve COVID-19 vaccination acceptance among ethnic minorities through public education using official channels. Taylor & Francis 2022-04-27 /pmc/articles/PMC9225673/ /pubmed/35475949 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2022.2054261 Text en © 2022 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) ), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.
spellingShingle Coronavirus – Research Paper
Chua, Gilbert T.
Lok Yan, Cheung
Wong, Wilfred HS
Sridhar, Siddharth
To, Kelvin KW
Lau, Joseph
Gurung, Sharmila
Mahtani, Shalini
Ho, Raymond
Li, Wing Sum
Yam, Jason CS
Rosa Duque, Jaime S
Wong, Ian C K
Lau, Yu Lung
Kwan, Mike Yat Wah
Ip, Patrick
COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy among ethnic minorities in Hong Kong
title COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy among ethnic minorities in Hong Kong
title_full COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy among ethnic minorities in Hong Kong
title_fullStr COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy among ethnic minorities in Hong Kong
title_full_unstemmed COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy among ethnic minorities in Hong Kong
title_short COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy among ethnic minorities in Hong Kong
title_sort covid-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy among ethnic minorities in hong kong
topic Coronavirus – Research Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9225673/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35475949
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2022.2054261
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