COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in underserved communities of North Carolina

In the United States, underserved communities including Blacks and Latinx are disproportionately affected by COVID-19. This study sought to estimate the prevalence of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, describe attitudes related to vaccination, and identify correlates among historically marginalized popula...

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Published in:PloS one 2021-11, Vol.16 (11), p.e0248542
Main Authors: Doherty, Irene A, Pilkington, William, Brown, Laurin, Billings, Victoria, Hoffler, Undi, Paulin, Lisa, Kimbro, K Sean, Baker, Brittany, Zhang, Tianduo, Locklear, Tracie, Robinson, Seronda, Kumar, Deepak
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Biology and Life Sciences
Biotechnology
Collaboration
Computer and Information Sciences
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 - immunology
COVID-19 - prevention & control
COVID-19 diagnostic tests
COVID-19 vaccines
COVID-19 Vaccines - therapeutic use
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Health care
Health disparities
Historically Black Colleges & Universities
Humans
Internet access
Logistic Models
Male
Marginalized groups
Medical supplies
Medicine and Health Sciences
Middle Aged
Multivariate Analysis
North Carolina
Pandemics
Patient compliance
People and Places
Pharmaceutical sciences
Population
Populations
Public health
Safety
Socioeconomic factors
Surveys
Trust
Underserved populations
Urban areas
Vaccination
Vaccines
Young Adult
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Summary:In the United States, underserved communities including Blacks and Latinx are disproportionately affected by COVID-19. This study sought to estimate the prevalence of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, describe attitudes related to vaccination, and identify correlates among historically marginalized populations across 9 counties in North Carolina. We conducted a cross-sectional survey distributed at free COVID-19 testing events in underserved rural and urban communities from August 27 -December 15, 2020. Vaccine hesitancy was defined as the response of "no" or "don't know/not sure" to whether the participant would get the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it became available. The sample comprised 948 participants including 27.7% Whites, 59.6% Blacks, 12.7% Latinx, and 63% female. 32% earned
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0248542