Impact of Local and Demographic Factors on Early COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among Health Care Workers in New York City Public Hospitals
Despite the development of several effective vaccines, SARS-CoV-2 continues to spread, causing serious illness among the unvaccinated. Healthcare professionals are trusted sources of information about vaccination, and therefore understanding the attitudes and beliefs of healthcare professionals rega...
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| author | Afsheen Afzal Masood A. Shariff Victor Perez-Gutierrez Amnah Khalid Christina Pili Anjana Pillai Usha Venugopal Moiz Kasubhai Balavenkatesh Kanna Brian D. Poole Brett E. Pickett David S. Redd Vidya Menon |
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| description | Despite the development of several effective vaccines, SARS-CoV-2 continues to spread, causing serious illness among the unvaccinated. Healthcare professionals are trusted sources of information about vaccination, and therefore understanding the attitudes and beliefs of healthcare professionals regarding the vaccines is of utmost importance. We conducted a survey-based study to understand the factors affecting COVID-19 vaccine attitudes among health care professionals in NYC Health and Hospitals, at a time when the vaccine was new, and received 3759 responses. Machine learning and chi-square analyses were applied to determine the factors most predictive of vaccine hesitancy. Demographic factors, education, role at the hospital, perceptions of the pandemic itself, and location of work and residence were all found to significantly contribute to vaccine attitudes. Location of residence was examined for both borough and neighborhood, and was found to have a significant impact on vaccine receptivity. Interestingly, this borough-level data did not correspond to the number or severity of cases in the respective boroughs, indicating that local social or other influences likely have a substantial impact. Local and demographic factors should be strongly considered when preparing pro-vaccine messages or campaigns. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ed0dae988229462897b7c1058b220d082023-11-23T22:26:20ZengMDPI AGVaccines2076-393X2022-02-0110227310.3390/vaccines10020273Impact of Local and Demographic Factors on Early COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among Health Care Workers in New York City Public HospitalsAfsheen Afzal0Masood A. Shariff1Victor Perez-Gutierrez2Amnah Khalid3Christina Pili4Anjana Pillai5Usha Venugopal6Moiz Kasubhai7Balavenkatesh Kanna8Brian D. Poole9Brett E. Pickett10David S. Redd11Vidya Menon12Department of Medicine, NYC Health and Hospitals/Lincoln, Bronx, NY 10451, USADepartment of Medicine, NYC Health and Hospitals/Lincoln, Bronx, NY 10451, USADepartment of Medicine, NYC Health and Hospitals/Lincoln, Bronx, NY 10451, USADepartment of Medicine, NYC Health and Hospitals/Lincoln, Bronx, NY 10451, USAResearch Administration, NYC Health and Hospitals/Central Office, New York, NY 10013, USADepartment of Medicine, NYC Health and Hospitals/Lincoln, Bronx, NY 10451, USADepartment of Medicine, NYC Health and Hospitals/Lincoln, Bronx, NY 10451, USADepartment of Medicine, NYC Health and Hospitals/Lincoln, Bronx, NY 10451, USADepartment of Medicine, NYC Health and Hospitals/Lincoln, Bronx, NY 10451, USADepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USADepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USADepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USADepartment of Medicine, NYC Health and Hospitals/Lincoln, Bronx, NY 10451, USADespite the development of several effective vaccines, SARS-CoV-2 continues to spread, causing serious illness among the unvaccinated. Healthcare professionals are trusted sources of information about vaccination, and therefore understanding the attitudes and beliefs of healthcare professionals regarding the vaccines is of utmost importance. We conducted a survey-based study to understand the factors affecting COVID-19 vaccine attitudes among health care professionals in NYC Health and Hospitals, at a time when the vaccine was new, and received 3759 responses. Machine learning and chi-square analyses were applied to determine the factors most predictive of vaccine hesitancy. Demographic factors, education, role at the hospital, perceptions of the pandemic itself, and location of work and residence were all found to significantly contribute to vaccine attitudes. Location of residence was examined for both borough and neighborhood, and was found to have a significant impact on vaccine receptivity. Interestingly, this borough-level data did not correspond to the number or severity of cases in the respective boroughs, indicating that local social or other influences likely have a substantial impact. Local and demographic factors should be strongly considered when preparing pro-vaccine messages or campaigns.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/10/2/273COVID-19vaccine attitudeshealthcare workers |
| spellingShingle | Afsheen Afzal Masood A. Shariff Victor Perez-Gutierrez Amnah Khalid Christina Pili Anjana Pillai Usha Venugopal Moiz Kasubhai Balavenkatesh Kanna Brian D. Poole Brett E. Pickett David S. Redd Vidya Menon Impact of Local and Demographic Factors on Early COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among Health Care Workers in New York City Public Hospitals Vaccines COVID-19 vaccine attitudes healthcare workers |
| title | Impact of Local and Demographic Factors on Early COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among Health Care Workers in New York City Public Hospitals |
| title_full | Impact of Local and Demographic Factors on Early COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among Health Care Workers in New York City Public Hospitals |
| title_fullStr | Impact of Local and Demographic Factors on Early COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among Health Care Workers in New York City Public Hospitals |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of Local and Demographic Factors on Early COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among Health Care Workers in New York City Public Hospitals |
| title_short | Impact of Local and Demographic Factors on Early COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among Health Care Workers in New York City Public Hospitals |
| title_sort | impact of local and demographic factors on early covid 19 vaccine hesitancy among health care workers in new york city public hospitals |
| topic | COVID-19 vaccine attitudes healthcare workers |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/10/2/273 |
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