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: Received: 9 April 2024 / Approved: 10 April 2024 / Online: 10 April 2024 (13:05:04 CEST)
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Elbers, S.K.; Vaughan, D.A.; Tiruneh, Y.M. COVID‐19 Vaccine Motivation and Hesitancy among a Sample of African American, Afro‐Caribbean, and African Respondents in the United States. Preprints2024, 2024040731. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0731.v1
Elbers, S.K.; Vaughan, D.A.; Tiruneh, Y.M. COVID‐19 Vaccine Motivation and Hesitancy among a Sample of African American, Afro‐Caribbean, and African Respondents in the United States. Preprints 2024, 2024040731. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0731.v1
Elbers, S.K.; Vaughan, D.A.; Tiruneh, Y.M. COVID‐19 Vaccine Motivation and Hesitancy among a Sample of African American, Afro‐Caribbean, and African Respondents in the United States. Preprints2024, 2024040731. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0731.v1
APA Style
Elbers, S.K., Vaughan, D.A., & Tiruneh, Y.M. (2024). COVID‐19 Vaccine Motivation and Hesitancy among a Sample of African American, Afro‐Caribbean, and African Respondents in the United States. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0731.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Elbers, S.K., Denise A. Vaughan and Yordanos M. Tiruneh. 2024 "COVID‐19 Vaccine Motivation and Hesitancy among a Sample of African American, Afro‐Caribbean, and African Respondents in the United States" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0731.v1
Abstract
Understanding the motivations and decisions behind COVID-19 vaccine acceptance is crucial for designing targeted public health interventions to address vaccine hesitancy. We conducted a qualitative analysis to explore COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among diverse ethnic subgroups of Black Americans in the United States. This study investigates the responses of 79 African American, Afro-Caribbean, and African respondents over the age of 18 in Washington State and Texas between 2021-2022. Qualitative responses were analyzed by content category and ethnic subgroup. Of the 79 responses, 60 expressed favorable perceptions, 16 unfavorable, and 3 neutral. Dominant categories among participants in favor of the vaccine included personal health (26), concern for health of family/or community members (13), and desire to protect others (11). Among the 42 vaccinated African American respondents, the primary motivation was personal health (20). The 12 unvaccinated African American respondents cited fear of side-effects as the dominate motivation. Caribbean respondents cited family or elders as motivation for their decision. African respondents were nearly unanimous in taking the vaccine (13/16), citing trust in healthcare, protecting friends and family, and personal health as reasons. Community and personal relationships were critical decision-making factors in accepting the COVID-19 vaccine with African Americans having the strongest hesitancy.
Keywords
Vaccination; Black; African; Caribbean; COVID
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Public Health and Health Services
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