Don Willis|Jennifer A. Andersen|Keneshia Bryant?Moore|James P. Selig|Christopher R. Long|Holly C. Felix|Geoffrey M. Curran|Pearl A. McElfish
COVID?19 vaccine hesitancy: Race/ethnicity, trust, and fear
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understanding minimizing coronavirus disease 2019 covid19 vaccine hesitancy critical population health minimizing health inequities continue brought stark relief pandemic investigate questions regarding vaccine hesitancy sample n 1205 arkansas adults surveyed online julyaugust 2020 examine relationships among sociodemographics covid19 health literacy fear covid19 infection general trust vaccines covid19 vaccine hesitancy using bivariate analysis full information maximum likelihood fiml logistic regression model one five people 212186 reported hesitancy take covid19 vaccine prevalence covid19 vaccine hesitancy highest among blackafrican americans 5000 respondents household income less 25k 3068 college 3217 little fear infection covid19 6250 low trust vaccines general 5584 odds covid19 vaccine hesitancy 242 greater blackafrican american respondents compared white respondents p 0001 167 greater respondents collegetechnical degree compared respondents 4year degree p 005 548 greater respondents fear covid19 infection compared fear infection great extent p 0001 1132 greater respondents low trust vaccines p 0001 sociodemographic differences covid19 vaccine hesitancy raise concerns potential vaccine implementation widen existing health disparities covid19 related infections particularly among blackafrican americans fear infection general mistrust vaccines significantly associated vaccine hesitancy