
Journal of Medicine Surgery and Public Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 2, P. 100069 - 100069
Published: Feb. 15, 2024
The politicization of COVID-19 vaccination reduced vaccine uptake during the pandemic. In particular, people who identified with Republican Party and those reported lower trust in government uptake. Scholars expressed concern that negative attitudes developed toward vaccines will lead to a lowered other vaccines, particularly flu vaccine. We an original survey investigate relationship between uptake, partisan self-identification, Using registration-based random sampling, data were collected March 2023 South Dakota, rural socially politically conservative state. measured status, government, various demographic variables. Associations status variables discussed above analyzed mediation analysis through using structural equation modeling. Since most categorical, we used weighted least squares option for estimation. Our sample consisted 747 respondents. After accounting control variables, our revealed significant direct (standardized effect 0.086, p=0.0071) indirect -0.201, p<0.0001) associations self-identification vaccination. also found federal 0.196, p<0.0001). These observations consistent literature hypothesized paths. findings likely be interest public health officials clinicians as they seek increase public's confidence
Language: Английский