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      Individual and social determinants of COVID-19 vaccine uptake

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          Abstract

          Background

          COVID-19 has had a devastating impact and efforts are being made to speed up vaccinations. The growing problem of vaccine hesitancy may affect the uptake of COVID-19 vaccine. We examined the individual, communication and social determinants associated with vaccines uptake.

          Methods

          Data come from a nationwide online probability-based panel of 1012 representative adults in the United States and the survey was conducted before the vaccines were available. People under the federal poverty level and racial and ethnic minorities were oversampled. Our outcome variables of interest were likelihood of vaccinating self and likelihood of vaccinating people under one’s care (such as children) measuring behavioral intentions. Independent variables included perceptions of risk, exposure to different media for COVID-19 news, political party identification, confidence in scientists and social determinants of health. Logistic regression analysis was used to ascertain the effects of independent variables on the two outcome variables.

          Results

          The results indicated that 68 and 65% agreed to get the vaccine for themselves and people under their care, respectively. Risk perceptions (severity of and susceptibility to COVID-19) were significantly associated with vaccine uptake. People who relied on “conservative” news outlets, Republicans, and who had low confidence in scientists are least likely to vaccinate self or children. Non-Hispanic Blacks and those with least schooling were also less likely to receive vaccine for themselves or people in their care.

          Conclusions

          Our study identified race/ethnicity, risk perceptions, exposure to different media for COVID-19 news, party identification and confidence in scientists as factors that would be affecting COVID-19 vaccine uptake. The good news is that these are addressable through strategic public health communications, but a lot of work remains to be done with some urgency.

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            Vaccine hesitancy: an overview.

            Despite being recognized as one of the most successful public health measures, vaccination is perceived as unsafe and unnecessary by a growing number of individuals. Lack of confidence in vaccines is now considered a threat to the success of vaccination programs. Vaccine hesitancy is believed to be responsible for decreasing vaccine coverage and an increasing risk of vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks and epidemics. This review provides an overview of the phenomenon of vaccine hesitancy. First, we will characterize vaccine hesitancy and suggest the possible causes of the apparent increase in vaccine hesitancy in the developed world. Then we will look at determinants of individual decision-making about vaccination.
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              Meta-analysis of the relationship between risk perception and health behavior: the example of vaccination.

              Risk perceptions are central to many health behavior theories. However, the relationship between risk perceptions and behavior, muddied by instances of inappropriate assessment and analysis, often looks weak. A meta-analysis of eligible studies assessing the bivariate association between adult vaccination and perceived likelihood, susceptibility, or severity was conducted. Thirty-four studies met inclusion criteria (N = 15,988). Risk likelihood (pooled r = .26), susceptibility (pooled r = .24), and severity (pooled r = .16) significantly predicted vaccination behavior. The risk perception-behavior relationship was larger for studies that were prospective, had higher quality risk measures, or had unskewed risk or behavior measures. The consistent relationships between risk perceptions and behavior, larger than suggested by prior meta-analyses, suggest that risk perceptions are rightly placed as core concepts in theories of health behavior. (c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved
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                Contributors
                vish_viswanath@dfci.harvard.edu
                Journal
                BMC Public Health
                BMC Public Health
                BMC Public Health
                BioMed Central (London )
                1471-2458
                28 April 2021
                28 April 2021
                2021
                : 21
                : 818
                Affiliations
                [1 ]GRID grid.65499.37, ISNI 0000 0001 2106 9910, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, ; Boston, Massachusetts USA
                [2 ]GRID grid.38142.3c, ISNI 000000041936754X, Harvard University, ; Cambridge, Massachusetts USA
                [3 ]GRID grid.65499.37, ISNI 0000 0001 2106 9910, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, ; Boston, USA
                Author information
                http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4795-5803
                Article
                10862
                10.1186/s12889-021-10862-1
                8081000
                33910558
                4429f3aa-3202-48d2-b433-c36505b5562b
                © The Author(s) 2021

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                : 13 October 2020
                : 19 April 2021
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                covid-19 vaccine uptake,social determinants and vaccine uptake,partisanship and vaccine acceptance,trust in scientists

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