COVID-19 vaccine decision-making in remote Alaska between November 2020 and November 2021
AbstractVaccine hesitancy is an ongoing barrier to achieve sufficient COVID-19 vaccination coverage. Although there are many studies globally of vaccine hesitancy based on large survey samples, there are fewer in-depth qualitative studies that explore vaccine hesitancy and acceptance as a spectrum o...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:5f5d572c54554ed5b349321444960342 2024-01-21T10:04:00+01:00 COVID-19 vaccine decision-making in remote Alaska between November 2020 and November 2021 Laura Eichelberger Amanda Hansen Patricia Cochran Micah Hahn Ruby Fried 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2023.2242582 https://doaj.org/article/5f5d572c54554ed5b349321444960342 EN eng Taylor & Francis Group https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22423982.2023.2242582 https://doaj.org/toc/2242-3982 doi:10.1080/22423982.2023.2242582 2242-3982 https://doaj.org/article/5f5d572c54554ed5b349321444960342 International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Vol 82, Iss 1 (2023) COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy vaccine acceptance Alaska Alaska native Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2023 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2023.2242582 2023-12-24T01:42:47Z AbstractVaccine hesitancy is an ongoing barrier to achieve sufficient COVID-19 vaccination coverage. Although there are many studies globally of vaccine hesitancy based on large survey samples, there are fewer in-depth qualitative studies that explore vaccine hesitancy and acceptance as a spectrum of decision-making. In this paper, we begin to describe vaccination decision-making among 58 adults living in remote Alaska based on three waves of online surveys and follow-up semi-structured interviews conducted between November 2020 and November 2021. The survey question of intention was not a predictor of adoption for about one third of the interviewees who were unvaccinated when they took the survey (n=12, 35%). Over half of all interviewees (n=37, 64%) had vaccine-related concerns, including 25 vaccinated individuals (representing 57% of vaccinated interviewees). Most interviewees reported that they learned about COVID-19 vaccines through interpersonal interactions (n=30, 52%) and/or a variety of media sources (n=29, 50%). The major facilitators of acceptance were trust in the information source (n=20, 48% of the 42 who responded), and learning from the experiences of family, friends, and the broader community (n=12, 29%). Further, trust and having a sense of agency appears to be important to interviewee decision-making, regardless of vaccination status and intention. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Circumpolar Health International Journal of Circumpolar Health Alaska Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic International Journal of Circumpolar Health 82 1 |
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AbstractVaccine hesitancy is an ongoing barrier to achieve sufficient COVID-19 vaccination coverage. Although there are many studies globally of vaccine hesitancy based on large survey samples, there are fewer in-depth qualitative studies that explore vaccine hesitancy and acceptance as a spectrum of decision-making. In this paper, we begin to describe vaccination decision-making among 58 adults living in remote Alaska based on three waves of online surveys and follow-up semi-structured interviews conducted between November 2020 and November 2021. The survey question of intention was not a predictor of adoption for about one third of the interviewees who were unvaccinated when they took the survey (n=12, 35%). Over half of all interviewees (n=37, 64%) had vaccine-related concerns, including 25 vaccinated individuals (representing 57% of vaccinated interviewees). Most interviewees reported that they learned about COVID-19 vaccines through interpersonal interactions (n=30, 52%) and/or a variety of media sources (n=29, 50%). The major facilitators of acceptance were trust in the information source (n=20, 48% of the 42 who responded), and learning from the experiences of family, friends, and the broader community (n=12, 29%). Further, trust and having a sense of agency appears to be important to interviewee decision-making, regardless of vaccination status and intention. |
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Laura Eichelberger Amanda Hansen Patricia Cochran Micah Hahn Ruby Fried |
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Laura Eichelberger Amanda Hansen Patricia Cochran Micah Hahn Ruby Fried |
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COVID-19 vaccine decision-making in remote Alaska between November 2020 and November 2021 |
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COVID-19 vaccine decision-making in remote Alaska between November 2020 and November 2021 |
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COVID-19 vaccine decision-making in remote Alaska between November 2020 and November 2021 |
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COVID-19 vaccine decision-making in remote Alaska between November 2020 and November 2021 |
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COVID-19 vaccine decision-making in remote Alaska between November 2020 and November 2021 |
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covid-19 vaccine decision-making in remote alaska between november 2020 and november 2021 |
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