Association between vaccination beliefs and COVID-19 vaccine uptake in a longitudinal panel survey of adults in the United States, 2021–2022

Vaccine X, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 17, P. 100458 - 100458

Published: Feb. 8, 2024

COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy has been a major limiting factor to the widespread uptake of vaccination in United States. A range interventions, including mass media campaigns, have implemented encourage confidence and uptake. Such interventions are often guided by theories behavior change, which posit that behavioral factors, beliefs, influence behaviors such as vaccination. Although previous studies examined relationships between beliefs behavior, they come with limitations, use cross-sectional study designs and, for longitudinal studies, few survey waves. To account these we associations using data from six waves nationally representative, U.S. adults (N = 3,524) administered over nearly 2-year period (January 2021–November 2022). Survey-weighted lagged logistic regression models were used examine association reports belief change uptake, five scales: (1) importance COVID–19 vaccines, (2) perceived benefits vaccination, (3) concerns risks, (4) normative about (5) perceptions general safety effectiveness. Analyses controlled confounding factors accounted within-respondent dependence due repeated measures. In individual models, all scales significantly associated increased combined model, except significant predictors Overall, indicating vaccines strongest Findings demonstrate changes subsequent implications development future increase

Language: Английский

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Evaluating the Impact of the “We Can Do This” Campaign’s Heavy-Up Advertising on Initial COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake

Health Communication, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 10

Published: Jan. 19, 2025

To address vaccine hesitancy, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched "We Can Do This" COVID-19 public education campaign (the Campaign) in 2021 to promote confidence increase uptake. The Campaign introduced a heavy-up media strategy enhance its reach engagement with hesitant audience. This approach complemented Campaign's national while delivering an additional advertising dose select priority designated market areas (DMAs) – that is, markets each month. We examine relationship between initial uptake from August December 2021. A stacked difference-in-differences (DID) analysis compared DMAs received (treatment) did not (control). short-term was associated increased treatment DMAs. These results provide valuable insights for health evaluation, highlighting effectiveness increasing hesitancy improve outcomes.

Language: Английский

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The Association Between the We Can Do This Campaign and Vaccination Beliefs in the United States, January 2021–March 2022

Journal of Health Communication, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 29(8), P. 502 - 513

Published: July 3, 2024

Public health campaigns addressing COVID-19 vaccination beliefs may be effective in changing behaviors, particularly among people who remain vaccine hesitant. The "

Language: Английский

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Revisiting the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 Public Education Media Campaign: Successes and New Lessons Learned

Journal of Health Communication, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 6

Published: Dec. 9, 2024

Communication professionals in Federal agencies must have a seat at their agency's budget formulation table – to inform the process from beginning and advise on funding for communications required achieve program goals. This is one of nine lessons learned US Department Health Human Services (USDHHS) systems change efforts that were applied help create "We Can Do This" COVID-19 Public Education Media Campaign (Campaign), these presented 2022 Journal article. Now substantial evaluation data are available eight recent research articles verify Campaign's success, this lesson can be revisited identify more specific ways which it applied, along with two additional identified implementation. In light learnings all contribute creating new framework guiding quality USDHHS health communication activities future inspired also by four previously-published frameworks. The then used build an enhanced structure within handle public education media campaigns other activities, matter particular urgency given likelihood humanitarian crisis requiring rapid effective responses.

Language: Английский

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Interventions to Reduce COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among Black and African American Individuals in the United States: A Systematic Literature Review

Vaccines, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12(9), P. 959 - 959

Published: Aug. 26, 2024

COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy had major implications for racial health equity at the beginning of vaccination campaign in U.S. Interventions to reduce among Black and African American individuals partially helped specific communities. This article describes findings on interventions from a literature review we conducted. We found 12 studies that described communication, partnerships, distribution interventions. Regarding examples include webinar hosted by an academic-community partnership team, information sessions, social media campaigns, educational materials, virtual town halls. Effective partnerships identified through this were statewide alliance one between academic institution faith community leaders. Distribution deployment multiple tactics increase uptake (virtual halls, confidential employee hotline, department huddles, written material, accessible stations) offering administer during medical appointments. The results show implementing directed minority groups improves acceptance without undermining overall or uptake.

Language: Английский

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