Anisah Bagasra|Sara Doan|Christopher T. Allen
Racial differences in institutional trust and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and refusal
Kennesaw State University|Kennesaw State University|Kennesaw State University
previous research indicated demographic differences affect covid19 vaccination rates trust vaccine institutional trust one possible factor present study examines racial differences institutional trust vaccine status among nationally representative sample adults united statesdata current study collected part wave 8 omnibus 2000 survey conducted rand alp consisted 2080 participants responses collected online rand alp survey march 2021trust scientific community strongest predictor already receiving least one dose covid19 vaccine time study asians significantly higher trust scientific community compared groups results also showed significant difference level trust governments response covid19 pandemic indianalaskan natives reporting lower trust compared whites blacks asians asians also significantly higher level trust compared identified racial identify american indianalaskan natives lowest levels institutional trust trust governments response indicative vaccination within samplestrategies increase trust scientific community employed address vaccine hesitancy communitybased initiatives building partnerships scientific community local community stakeholders