Facilitators to vaccination among hesitant adopters
To end the COVID-19 pandemic, it is essential to increase vaccine coverage in the United States (U.S.). In this study, we examine the facilitators that helped hesitant adopters – those who are both vaccinated and report some degree of hesitancy – overcome barriers to vaccination. Drawing on a sample...
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2021-12-01
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2021.2010427 |
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| author | Emily Hallgren Ramey Moore Rachel S. Purvis Spencer Hall Don E. Willis Sharon Reece Sheena CarlLee Morgan Gurel-Headley Pearl A. McElfish |
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| description | To end the COVID-19 pandemic, it is essential to increase vaccine coverage in the United States (U.S.). In this study, we examine the facilitators that helped hesitant adopters – those who are both vaccinated and report some degree of hesitancy – overcome barriers to vaccination. Drawing on a sample of 867 hesitant adopters in Arkansas, we find social networks, individual actions, health care organizations and professionals, employers, religious communities and leaders, and the media all play a role in helping the vaccine hesitant overcome barriers to vaccination. Our findings demonstrate vaccine hesitancy and uptake occur simultaneously, and overcoming hesitancy in the U.S. population requires multifaceted strategies from multiple entities. We provide recommendations for overcoming barriers, including hesitancy, based on our findings. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cb008590ea3e43c1a06584ca7be504b02023-09-26T12:53:16ZengTaylor & Francis GroupHuman Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics2164-55152164-554X2021-12-0117125168517510.1080/21645515.2021.20104272010427Facilitators to vaccination among hesitant adoptersEmily Hallgren0Ramey Moore1Rachel S. Purvis2Spencer Hall3Don E. Willis4Sharon Reece5Sheena CarlLee6Morgan Gurel-Headley7Pearl A. McElfish8University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences NorthwestUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences NorthwestUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences NorthwestUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences NorthwestUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences NorthwestUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences NorthwestUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences NorthwestUniversity of Arkansas for Medical SciencesUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences NorthwestTo end the COVID-19 pandemic, it is essential to increase vaccine coverage in the United States (U.S.). In this study, we examine the facilitators that helped hesitant adopters – those who are both vaccinated and report some degree of hesitancy – overcome barriers to vaccination. Drawing on a sample of 867 hesitant adopters in Arkansas, we find social networks, individual actions, health care organizations and professionals, employers, religious communities and leaders, and the media all play a role in helping the vaccine hesitant overcome barriers to vaccination. Our findings demonstrate vaccine hesitancy and uptake occur simultaneously, and overcoming hesitancy in the U.S. population requires multifaceted strategies from multiple entities. We provide recommendations for overcoming barriers, including hesitancy, based on our findings.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2021.2010427covid-19vaccine hesitancyhesitant adoptersbarriers and facilitatorspandemic |
| spellingShingle | Emily Hallgren Ramey Moore Rachel S. Purvis Spencer Hall Don E. Willis Sharon Reece Sheena CarlLee Morgan Gurel-Headley Pearl A. McElfish Facilitators to vaccination among hesitant adopters Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics covid-19 vaccine hesitancy hesitant adopters barriers and facilitators pandemic |
| title | Facilitators to vaccination among hesitant adopters |
| title_full | Facilitators to vaccination among hesitant adopters |
| title_fullStr | Facilitators to vaccination among hesitant adopters |
| title_full_unstemmed | Facilitators to vaccination among hesitant adopters |
| title_short | Facilitators to vaccination among hesitant adopters |
| title_sort | facilitators to vaccination among hesitant adopters |
| topic | covid-19 vaccine hesitancy hesitant adopters barriers and facilitators pandemic |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2021.2010427 |
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