Browsing by Subject "Vaccine confidence"

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    Broad perspectives in understanding vaccine hesitancy and vaccine confidence: an introduction to the special issue
    (Springer Nature, 2023) Baldwin, Austin S.; Tiro, Jasmin A.; Zimet, Gregory D.; Pediatrics, School of Medicine
    The World Health Organization has designated vaccine hesitancy and vaccine confidence among the most pressing issues in global health. The COVID-19 pandemic has made vaccine hesitancy and vaccine confidence particularly salient and urgent. The purpose of this special issue is to highlight a broad range of perspectives on these critical issues. We have included a total of 30 papers that address issues related to vaccine hesitancy and vaccine confidence across multiple levels of the Socio-Ecological Model. We have organized the empirical papers into the following sections: individual-level beliefs, minority health and health disparities, social media and conspiracy beliefs, and interventions. In addition to the empirical papers, three commentaries are included in this special issue.
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    Evaluation of COVID-19 Vaccine Attitudes among Arab American Healthcare Professionals Living in the United States
    (MDPI, 2021-08-24) Shallal, Anita; Abada, Evi; Musallam, Rami; Fehmi, Omar; Kaljee, Linda; Fehmi, Ziad; Alzouhayli, Suma; Ujayli, Deema; Dankerlui, Doreen; Kim, Seongho; Cote, Michele L.; Kumar, Vijaya Arun; Zervos, Marcus; Ali-Fehmi, Rouba; Epidemiology, School of Public Health
    Background: Vaccine hesitancy is the next great barrier for public health. Arab Americans are a rapidly growing demographic in the United States with limited information on the prevalence of vaccine hesitancy. We therefore sought to study the attitudes towards the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine amongst Arab American health professionals living in the United States. Methods: This was a cross sectional study utilizing an anonymous online survey. The survey was distributed via e-mail to National Arab American Medical Association members and Arab-American Center for Economic and Social Services healthcare employees. Respondents were considered vaccine hesitant if they selected responses other than a willingness to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Results: A total of 4000 surveys were sent via e-mail from 28 December 2020 to 31 January 2021, and 513 responses were received. The highest group of respondents were between the ages of 18-29 years and physicians constituted 48% of the respondents. On multivariable analysis, we found that respondents who had declined an influenza vaccine in the preceding 5 years (p < 0.001) and allied health professionals (medical assistants, hospital administrators, case managers, researchers, scribes, pharmacists, dieticians and social workers) were more likely to be vaccine hesitant (p = 0.025). In addition, respondents earning over $150,000 US dollars annually were less likely to be vaccine hesitant and this finding was significant on multivariable analysis (p = 0.011). Conclusions: Vaccine hesitancy among health care providers could have substantial impact on vaccine attitudes of the general population, and such data may help inform vaccine advocacy efforts.
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    Parental Decision Making Regarding COVID-19 Vaccines for Children under Age 5: Does Decision Self-Efficacy Play a Role?
    (MDPI, 2023-02-18) Allen, Jennifer D.; Matsunag, Masako; Lim, Eunjung; Zimet, Gregory D.; Nguyen, Kimberly H.; Fontenot, Holly B.; Pediatrics, School of Medicine
    Background: COVID-19 vaccines are now available under Emergency Use Authorization for children ages 6 months to 5 years. We examined parents' intentions to vaccinate their children under the age of 5 years and assessed whether their confidence in making an informed decision about vaccination (decision self-efficacy) was associated with these intentions. Method: We conducted a cross-sectional online survey of U.S. parents between 23 March and 5 April 2022. We examined associations between parental intention to vaccinate their young children (