Residential mobility predicts COVID-19 and seasonal flu vaccination behaviors in the United States
AimVaccination is one of the most effective strategies to contain the transmission of infectious diseases; however, people's intentions and behavior for vaccination vary across different regions and countries around the world. It is not clear how socioecological factors such as residential mobi...
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| description | AimVaccination is one of the most effective strategies to contain the transmission of infectious diseases; however, people's intentions and behavior for vaccination vary across different regions and countries around the world. It is not clear how socioecological factors such as residential mobility influence people's vaccination behaviors for infectious diseases.MethodsWe analyzed public data on residential mobility and vaccination rates for COVID-19 and seasonal flu in the United States and explored how residential mobility in the previous year influenced vaccination rates for COVID-19 and seasonal flu (2011–2018) across 50 states of the US. The data were accessed and analyzed in 2021.ResultsStudy 1 demonstrated that collective-level residential mobility predicted COVID-19 vaccination rates across the United States (B = −168.162, 95% CI [−307.097, −29.227], adjusted R2 = 0.091, p = 0.019). Study 2 corroborated this finding by documenting that collective-level residential mobility predicted vaccination rates for seasonal flu from 2011 to 2018 across the United States (B = −0.789, 95% CI = [−1.018, −0.56], adjusted R2 = 0.222, p < 0.001). The link between residential mobility and vaccination behavior was robust after controlling relevant variables, including collectivism, cultural tightness–looseness, and sociodemographic variables.ConclusionsOur research demonstrated that residential mobility is an important socioecological factor that influences people's vaccination behaviors for COVID-19 and seasonal flu. The results enrich our understanding of the socioecological factors that influence vaccination behaviors and have implications for developing tailored interventions to promote vaccination during pandemics of infectious diseases. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c3589087349b4b369993df6c65756afa2023-01-27T05:21:43ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652023-01-011010.3389/fpubh.2022.10649621064962Residential mobility predicts COVID-19 and seasonal flu vaccination behaviors in the United StatesNing Zhang0Tao Jiang1Ying Zhang2Gang Zhao3Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health and Center for Clinical Big Data Statistics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, ChinaInstitute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United StatesDepartment of Social Medicine, School of Public Health and Center for Clinical Big Data Statistics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, ChinaCenter for Disease Control and Prevention of Hangzhou, Hangzhou, ChinaAimVaccination is one of the most effective strategies to contain the transmission of infectious diseases; however, people's intentions and behavior for vaccination vary across different regions and countries around the world. It is not clear how socioecological factors such as residential mobility influence people's vaccination behaviors for infectious diseases.MethodsWe analyzed public data on residential mobility and vaccination rates for COVID-19 and seasonal flu in the United States and explored how residential mobility in the previous year influenced vaccination rates for COVID-19 and seasonal flu (2011–2018) across 50 states of the US. The data were accessed and analyzed in 2021.ResultsStudy 1 demonstrated that collective-level residential mobility predicted COVID-19 vaccination rates across the United States (B = −168.162, 95% CI [−307.097, −29.227], adjusted R2 = 0.091, p = 0.019). Study 2 corroborated this finding by documenting that collective-level residential mobility predicted vaccination rates for seasonal flu from 2011 to 2018 across the United States (B = −0.789, 95% CI = [−1.018, −0.56], adjusted R2 = 0.222, p < 0.001). The link between residential mobility and vaccination behavior was robust after controlling relevant variables, including collectivism, cultural tightness–looseness, and sociodemographic variables.ConclusionsOur research demonstrated that residential mobility is an important socioecological factor that influences people's vaccination behaviors for COVID-19 and seasonal flu. The results enrich our understanding of the socioecological factors that influence vaccination behaviors and have implications for developing tailored interventions to promote vaccination during pandemics of infectious diseases.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1064962/fullresidential mobilityCOVID-19seasonal fluvaccination behaviorspublic health |
| spellingShingle | Ning Zhang Tao Jiang Ying Zhang Gang Zhao Residential mobility predicts COVID-19 and seasonal flu vaccination behaviors in the United States Frontiers in Public Health residential mobility COVID-19 seasonal flu vaccination behaviors public health |
| title | Residential mobility predicts COVID-19 and seasonal flu vaccination behaviors in the United States |
| title_full | Residential mobility predicts COVID-19 and seasonal flu vaccination behaviors in the United States |
| title_fullStr | Residential mobility predicts COVID-19 and seasonal flu vaccination behaviors in the United States |
| title_full_unstemmed | Residential mobility predicts COVID-19 and seasonal flu vaccination behaviors in the United States |
| title_short | Residential mobility predicts COVID-19 and seasonal flu vaccination behaviors in the United States |
| title_sort | residential mobility predicts covid 19 and seasonal flu vaccination behaviors in the united states |
| topic | residential mobility COVID-19 seasonal flu vaccination behaviors public health |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1064962/full |
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