COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake and Hesitancy in a Latino Agricultural Community

Autor/inn/en	Rosado, Javier I.; Costero, Jessica M.; Wang, Yuxia
Titel	COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake and Hesitancy in a Latino Agricultural Community
Quelle	In: Health Education & Behavior, 50 (2023) 6, S.815-821 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Rosado, Javier I.) ORCID (Wang, Yuxia)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1090-1981
DOI	10.1177/10901981231167893
Schlagwörter	COVID-19; Pandemics; Hispanic Americans; Disproportionate Representation; Health Behavior; Adults; Individual Characteristics; Cultural Influences; Context Effect; Barriers; Mental Health; Income; Fear; Religious Factors; Political Issues; Age Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Psychohygiene; Einkommen; Furcht; Politischer Faktor; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied
Abstract	Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine hesitancy is believed to be among the top global health threats. U.S. Latinos have disproportionately been affected by the pandemic and have higher COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. This study applied the Vaccine Hesitancy Determinants Matrix to understand COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in a Latino agricultural community. Surveys were conducted with 180 adults from a Migrant Community Health Center to measure pandemic experiences and hesitancy factors across three categories: individual and group factors, vaccine/vaccination-specific factors, and contextual factors. Approximately 16% of participants reported having tested positive for COVID-19, 90% endorsed loss of income, and 47% reported their mental health was affected. Only 46% received a COVID-19 vaccine. Common individual vaccine hesitancy factors included worry about side effects, worry that vaccines cause infection, and concern that side effects would be worse than the virus. Vaccine/vaccination-specific factors included concern about how quickly COVID-19 vaccines were developed and concern about there being insufficient research on their effectiveness, potential risks, and side effects. Common contextual factors included religious beliefs and political mistrust. Logistic regression results indicated that subjects who tested positive for COVID-19, or had a coworker who tested positive were more likely to get vaccinated. The odds ratio of being vaccinated increased with age. Subjects who endorsed concern that vaccine side effects were worse than the virus were less likely to be vaccinated. Results highlight that there are health literacy gaps among Latino communities such as interpretation of vaccine efficacy and safety to gain a more accurate understanding of side effects. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01