COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and preference for future delivery among language minority, newcomer, and racialized peoples in Canada: a national cross-sectional and longitudinal study DOI Creative Commons
Robin M. Humble,

Janet Sau Wun Lee,

Crystal Du

et al.

Annals of Medicine, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 57(1)

Published: Dec. 27, 2024

Background Despite high COVID-19 vaccine coverage in Canada, acceptance and preferred delivery among newcomers, racialized persons, those who primarily speak minority languages are not well understood. This national study explores acceptance, access to vaccines, preferences ethnoculturally diverse population groups.

Language: Английский

Vaccine hesitancy and hesitant adoption among nursing students in Texas DOI Creative Commons

Devon M. Berry,

Lavonne M. Adams,

Sai Prathyusha Vytla

et al.

Preventive Medicine Reports, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 38, P. 102612 - 102612

Published: Jan. 21, 2024

As the state facing second-largest nursing workforce shortage in U.S. and low vaccination rates among residents early pandemic, Texas provided a unique opportunity to examine vaccine hesitancy hesitant adoption students an environment where state-level executive orders prohibited mandatory vaccinations. The purpose of this study was describe level Texas. We used convenient, opt-in, online survey conducted between mid-April mid-June 2022. distributed all pre-licensure programs majority respondents (n = 599) were ages 18–28 (68 %), female (88 %) white (57 %). Most received at least one dose COVID-19 (84 Of those receiving vaccine, high proportion (82 identified as adopters. Respondents cited concerns about side effects most frequently reason for hesitancy. Given worldwide shortage, factors potentially impacting future workforce, such adoption, must be closely monitored. More research is needed understand motivations non-hesitant

Language: Английский

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Pediatric HPV vaccination: Provider recommendations matter among hesitant parents DOI
Don E. Willis, Ramey Moore, James P. Selig

et al.

Vaccine, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 42(25), P. 126166 - 126166

Published: July 30, 2024

Language: Английский

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Hesitant but vaccinated: Lessons learned from hesitant adopters DOI
Don E. Willis, Ramey Moore, Rachel S. Purvis

et al.

Vaccine, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 42(20), P. 126135 - 126135

Published: Aug. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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“Every Time It Comes Time for Another Shot, It’s a Re-Evaluation”: A Qualitative Study of Intent to Receive COVID-19 Boosters among Parents Who Were Hesitant Adopters of the COVID-19 Vaccine DOI Creative Commons
Ramey Moore, Rachel S. Purvis, Don E. Willis

et al.

Vaccines, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12(2), P. 171 - 171

Published: Feb. 7, 2024

COVID-19 vaccine coverage remains low for US children, especially among those living in rural areas and the Southern/Southeastern US. As of 12 September 2023, CDC recommended bivalent booster doses everyone 6 months older. Emerging research has shown an individual may be hesitant also choose to receive a themselves or their child(ren); however, little is known regarding how adopters evaluate vaccinations. We used exploratory qualitative descriptive study design conducted interviews with vaccine-hesitant adopter parents (n = 20) explore parental intentions have children boosters. Three primary themes emerged during analysis: risk, confidence, intent, risk assessments from confidence often related parent’s intent vaccinate. found links individuals persistent concerns about conditional and/or low/no refusal boosters children. Our findings suggest that healthcare providers public health officials should continue making strong recommendations vaccines, address concerns, provide evidence safety efficacy even vaccinated.

Language: Английский

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Influences on COVID-19 booster uptake among adults intending to receive a booster: a qualitative study DOI
Ramey Moore, Rachel S. Purvis, Don E. Willis

et al.

Health Promotion International, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 39(3)

Published: June 1, 2024

Bivalent COVID-19 vaccine boosters have been recommended for all Americans 12 years of age and older. However, uptake remains suboptimal with only 17% the United States (US) population boosted as May 2023. This is a critical public health challenge mitigating ongoing effects infection. booster not currently well understood, few studies in US explored vaccination process 'post-pandemic' context. study fills gaps literature through qualitative analysis interviews racially/ethnically diverse sample Arkansans who received main series expressed intent to receive (n = 14), but had yet at time we recruited them. All one did by interview. Participants described influences on their behavior including reduced feelings urgency; continued concerns about side effects; social contagion driver increasing practical barriers access missing provider recommendations. Our findings highlight importance considering an ongoing, dynamic drawing past/current attitudes, prior experience, perceptions risk urgency barriers. Based these findings, healthcare providers should continue provide strong, consistent recommendations patients, even among those histories uptake.

Language: Английский

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Recognising the heterogeneity of Indigenous Peoples during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review across Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the USA DOI Creative Commons
Joonsoo S. Lyeo, Eric N. Liberda, Fatima Ahmed

et al.

BMJ Public Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 2(2), P. e001341 - e001341

Published: Dec. 1, 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on the health of Indigenous Peoples in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and USA, as reflected growing literature. However, are often homogenised, with key differences overlooked, failing to capture complexity issues may lead suboptimal public policy-making. objective this review was assess extent which heterogeneity USA been research. This study took form scoping review. Medline, Embase, CINAHL Web Science were searched for studies investigating outcomes among USA. search dates included January 2019 2024. All citations yielded by subjected title abstract screening, full-text data extraction. We original, peer-reviewed research COVID-19-related or Data extraction conducted an iterative process, reaching consensus between two authors. analysed through combination quantitative descriptive summary qualitative thematic analysis. Of 9795 found initial search, 428 deemed eligible inclusion. these citations: 72.9% compared participants non-Indigenous participants; 10.0% aggregated non-white 17.1% provided findings exclusively. By overlooking that exists researchers policy-makers run risk masking inequities unique needs groups Peoples. inefficient policy recommendations unintentionally perpetuate disparities during crises.

Language: Английский

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Beyond COVID: towards a transdisciplinary synthesis for understanding responses and developing pandemic preparedness in Alaska DOI Creative Commons
Taylor P. van Doren, Ryan Brown, Guangqing Chi

et al.

International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 83(1)

Published: Sept. 16, 2024

Pandemics are regularly occurring events, and there foundational principles of pandemic preparation upon which communities, regions, states, nations may draw for elevated preparedness against an inevitable future infectious disease threat. Many disciplines within the social sciences can provide crucial insight transdisciplinary thinking development measures. In 2023, National Science Foundation funded a conference circumpolar researchers Indigenous partners to reflect on COVID-19-related research. this article, we synthesise our diverse science perspectives to: (1) identify potential areas pandemic-related research in Alaska, (2) pose new questions that elevate needs Alaska its people, pursuant specific body knowledge takes into account ecological sociocultural contexts region. doing so, highlight important domains from perspectives, including centering knowledges needs, risk perception resilience, food housing security, more. We contributions foundation Alaska.

Language: Английский

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Risk perception and reappraisal during the COVID-19 pandemic in Southeast Alaska: Self-identified determinants of risk and protective health behaviors DOI
Taylor P. van Doren, Ryan Brown, Max Izenberg

et al.

Social Science & Medicine, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 117378 - 117378

Published: Oct. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Don’t Read the Comments: Discourse About COVID-19 Vaccines in a State Health Department's Social Media Comments DOI Creative Commons
Daniel Kenzie, M. Anderson

Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Oct. 17, 2024

As the United States rolled out COVID-19 vaccinations, state health departments attempted to communicate quickly evolving information about vaccines amid political conflict and misinformation. In October 2021, one department shut off comments for their social media deplatform To analyze this department's Facebook page as a discursive space, our study examines user activity on through quantitative analysis of engagement metrics topical clusters qualitative from January 2021. Our findings show that common idea vaccine proponents valuing data while skeptics prefer anecdote is not represented; antivaccine are pervaded with suspicion toward institutions, provaccine largely use unproductive tactics; two sides showed different sets concerns; was high during critical moments in pandemic, few top influencers tended dominate comment threads.

Language: Английский

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Healthcare Provider Recommendations for COVID-19 Vaccination: Prevalence, Disparities, and Correlates DOI
Don E. Willis, Ji Li, James P. Selig

et al.

Patient Education and Counseling, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 130, P. 108481 - 108481

Published: Oct. 25, 2024

Language: Английский

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