Preferences for COVID-19 vaccination information and location: Associations with vaccine hesitancy, race and ethnicity

Kimberly A Fisher; Ngoc Nguyen; Sybil Crawford; Hassan Fouayzi; Sonal Singh; Kathleen M Mazor

doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.09.058

Preferences for COVID-19 vaccination information and location: Associations with vaccine hesitancy, race and ethnicity

Vaccine. 2021 Oct 29;39(45):6591-6594. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.09.058. Epub 2021 Sep 25.

Authors

Kimberly A Fisher¹, Ngoc Nguyen², Sybil Crawford³, Hassan Fouayzi², Sonal Singh⁴, Kathleen M Mazor⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, United States; Meyers Health Care Institute, A Joint Endeavor of the UMass Chan Medical School, Reliant Medical Group, and Fallon Health, 385 Grove Street, Worcester, MA 01605, United States. Electronic address: Kimberly.Fisher@umassmemorial.org.
² Meyers Health Care Institute, A Joint Endeavor of the UMass Chan Medical School, Reliant Medical Group, and Fallon Health, 385 Grove Street, Worcester, MA 01605, United States.
³ Meyers Health Care Institute, A Joint Endeavor of the UMass Chan Medical School, Reliant Medical Group, and Fallon Health, 385 Grove Street, Worcester, MA 01605, United States; Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing, UMass Chan Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, United States.
⁴ Meyers Health Care Institute, A Joint Endeavor of the UMass Chan Medical School, Reliant Medical Group, and Fallon Health, 385 Grove Street, Worcester, MA 01605, United States; Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, UMass Chan Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, United States.
⁵ Department of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, United States; Meyers Health Care Institute, A Joint Endeavor of the UMass Chan Medical School, Reliant Medical Group, and Fallon Health, 385 Grove Street, Worcester, MA 01605, United States.

Abstract

This study examined the association between preferences for being informed about the COVID-19 vaccine and where to receive it with vaccination intent and race/ethnicity. We conducted an online survey, oversampling Black and Latino panel members. The 1668 participants were 53.2% female, 34.8% White, 33.3% Black, and 31.8% Latino. Participants who were vaccine hesitant (answered "not sure" or "no" to vaccination intent) were more likely to prefer a conversation with their doctor compared to those who answered "yes" (25.0% and 23.4% vs 7.8%, P < .001, respectively). Among participants who responded "not sure", 61.8% prefer to be vaccinated at a doctor's office, compared with 35.2% of those who responded "yes" (P < .001). Preferred location differed by race/ethnicity (P < .001) with 67.6% of Black "not sure" participants preferring a doctor's office compared to 60.2% of Latino and 54.9% of White "not sure" participants. These findings underscore the need to integrate healthcare providers into COVID-19 vaccination programs.

Keywords: COVID-19; COVID-19 vaccines; Vaccination; Vaccine hesitancy.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

COVID-19 Vaccines
COVID-19*
Ethnicity
Female
Humans
Male
SARS-CoV-2
Vaccination
Vaccines*

Substances

COVID-19 Vaccines
Vaccines

Grants and funding

UG4 LM012347/LM/NLM NIH HHS/United States