TY - JOUR
T1 - COVID-19 Concerns, Vaccine Acceptance and Trusted Sources of Information among Patients Cared for in a Safety-Net Health System
AU - Davis, Terry C.
AU - Beyl, Robbie
AU - Bhuiyan, Mohammad A.N.
AU - Davis, Adrienne B.
AU - Vanchiere, John A.
AU - Wolf, Michael S.
AU - Arnold, Connie L.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded by The National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health which funds the Louisiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Center, grant number 2 U54 GM10490 (T.C.D., R.B. and C.L.A.); The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the office views of the NIH. Wolf reports grants from the NIH, Merck, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and Eli Lilly outside the submitted work. Vanchiere reports clinical research contracts with Merck, Pfizer, GSK, Enanta, and Biocryst.
Funding Information:
Funding: This research was funded by The National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health which funds the Louisiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Center, grant number 2 U54 GM10490 (T.C.D., R.B. and C.L.A.); The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the office views of the NIH. Wolf reports grants from the NIH, Merck, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and Eli Lilly outside the submitted work. Vanchiere reports clinical research contracts with Merck, Pfizer, GSK, Enanta, and Biocryst.
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PY - 2022/6
Y1 - 2022/6
N2 - We examined COVID-19 concerns, vaccine acceptance, and trusted sources of information among patients in a safety-net health system in Louisiana. The participants were surveyed via structured telephone interviews over nine months in 2021. Of 204 adult participants, 65% were female, 52% were Black, 44.6% were White, and 46.5% were rural residents. The mean age was 53 years. The participants viewed COVID-19 as a serious public health threat (8.6 on 10-point scale). Black adults were more likely to perceive the virus as a threat than White adults (9.4 vs. 7.6 p < 0.0001), urban residents more than rural (9.0 vs. 8.2 p = 0.02), females more than males (8.9 vs. 8.1 p = 0.03). The majority (66.7%) had gotten the COVID-19 vaccine, with females being more likely than males (74.7 vs. 54.5% p = 0.02). There was no difference by race or rural residence. Overall, participants reported that physicians were the most trusted source of COVID-19 vaccine information (77.6%); followed by the CDC/FDA (50.5%), State Department of Health (41.4%), pharmacists (37.1%), nurses (36.7%); only 3.8% trusted social media. All sources were more trusted among black adults than White adults except family and social media. These findings could help inform efforts to design trustworthy public health messaging and clinical communication about the virus and vaccines.
AB - We examined COVID-19 concerns, vaccine acceptance, and trusted sources of information among patients in a safety-net health system in Louisiana. The participants were surveyed via structured telephone interviews over nine months in 2021. Of 204 adult participants, 65% were female, 52% were Black, 44.6% were White, and 46.5% were rural residents. The mean age was 53 years. The participants viewed COVID-19 as a serious public health threat (8.6 on 10-point scale). Black adults were more likely to perceive the virus as a threat than White adults (9.4 vs. 7.6 p < 0.0001), urban residents more than rural (9.0 vs. 8.2 p = 0.02), females more than males (8.9 vs. 8.1 p = 0.03). The majority (66.7%) had gotten the COVID-19 vaccine, with females being more likely than males (74.7 vs. 54.5% p = 0.02). There was no difference by race or rural residence. Overall, participants reported that physicians were the most trusted source of COVID-19 vaccine information (77.6%); followed by the CDC/FDA (50.5%), State Department of Health (41.4%), pharmacists (37.1%), nurses (36.7%); only 3.8% trusted social media. All sources were more trusted among black adults than White adults except family and social media. These findings could help inform efforts to design trustworthy public health messaging and clinical communication about the virus and vaccines.
KW - COVID-19 concerns
KW - COVID-19 vaccine acceptance
KW - trusted sources of COVID vaccine information
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U2 - 10.3390/vaccines10060928
DO - 10.3390/vaccines10060928
M3 - Article
C2 - 35746535
AN - SCOPUS:85132202681
SN - 2076-393X
VL - 10
JO - Vaccines
JF - Vaccines
IS - 6
M1 - 928
ER -
