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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.