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Editor, Senior Moderator
Vaccine
. 2022 May 20;S0264-410X(22)00615-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.05.031. Online ahead of print.
Associations between 5-year influenza vaccination and sociodemographic factors and healthcare access among Arkansans
Pearl A McElfish[SUP] 1 [/SUP], James P Selig[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Aaron J Scott[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Brett Rowland[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Don E Willis[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Sharon Reece[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Sheena CarlLee[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Morgan Gurel-Headley[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Sumit K Shah[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Michael D Macechko[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
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Abstract
Despite wide availability, only 50.2% of the United States (US) adult population and 50.3% of adult Arkansans were vaccinated for influenza during the 2020-2021 influenza season. The proportion of the population vaccinated for influenza varies by age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, rural/urban residence, and income. However, measures of healthcare access have not been adequately investigated as predictors of influenza vaccination. Using a large, statewide random sample, this study examined 5-year influenza vaccination among Arkansans by sociodemographic characteristics (age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, rural/urban residence), general vaccine hesitancy, and healthcare access (having a primary care provider, having health insurance, forgoing health care due to cost, and frequency of doctor checkups). Older age, being female, being Hispanic, having a bachelor's degree or higher, having a primary care provider, visiting a doctor for a checkup in the past two years, and lack of hesitancy towards vaccines were significant predictors of receiving influenza vaccination.
Keywords: Healthcare access; Hispanic; Influenza vaccine; Vaccine hesitancy.
. 2022 May 20;S0264-410X(22)00615-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.05.031. Online ahead of print.
Associations between 5-year influenza vaccination and sociodemographic factors and healthcare access among Arkansans
Pearl A McElfish[SUP] 1 [/SUP], James P Selig[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Aaron J Scott[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Brett Rowland[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Don E Willis[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Sharon Reece[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Sheena CarlLee[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Morgan Gurel-Headley[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Sumit K Shah[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Michael D Macechko[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
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- PMID: 35606233
- DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.05.031
Abstract
Despite wide availability, only 50.2% of the United States (US) adult population and 50.3% of adult Arkansans were vaccinated for influenza during the 2020-2021 influenza season. The proportion of the population vaccinated for influenza varies by age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, rural/urban residence, and income. However, measures of healthcare access have not been adequately investigated as predictors of influenza vaccination. Using a large, statewide random sample, this study examined 5-year influenza vaccination among Arkansans by sociodemographic characteristics (age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, rural/urban residence), general vaccine hesitancy, and healthcare access (having a primary care provider, having health insurance, forgoing health care due to cost, and frequency of doctor checkups). Older age, being female, being Hispanic, having a bachelor's degree or higher, having a primary care provider, visiting a doctor for a checkup in the past two years, and lack of hesitancy towards vaccines were significant predictors of receiving influenza vaccination.
Keywords: Healthcare access; Hispanic; Influenza vaccine; Vaccine hesitancy.