New Vaccines Findings from University of California Riverside Outlined (Emergency Department Survey of Vaccination Knowledge, Vaccination Coverage, and Willingness To Receive Vaccines In an Emergency Department Among Underserved Populations – …): Immunization – Vaccines

2026 FEB 18 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Vaccine Daily -- Investigators publish new report on Immunization - Vaccines. According to news reporting out of Riverside, California, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “Current models of vaccination coverage screening and surveillance might miss underserved populations whose only health care access occurs in emergency departments (EDs). During April-December 2024, a survey of non-critically ill adult patients evaluated in 10 EDs in eight U.S. cities across five states was conducted to ascertain patients’ vaccination knowledge, self-reported vaccination coverage, and willingness to receive vaccines in an ED.”

Financial supporters for this research include Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Foundation, Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality, National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA.

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of California Riverside, “Among 4,326 patients approached by the research team, 3,285 (75.9%) agreed to participate. Non-Hispanic Black or African American (Black), non-Hispanic White, and Hispanic or Latino (Hispanic) persons each accounted for approximately 30% of participants; 17.9% spoke Spanish as their primary language; 7.8% had unstable or marginal housing; and 21.0% lacked a source of primary health care. Approximately one half (49.4%) had not heard of one or more CDC-recommended vaccines for their age group, and 85.9% had not received one or more of the recommended vaccines. Factors associated with not being up to date with recommended vaccinations included non-Hispanic Black race and ethnicity (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 1.93; 95% CI = 1.32-2.85), lack of primary health care (aOR = 2.91; 95% CI = 1.74-5.13), and lack of health insurance (aOR = 3.01; 95% CI = 1.27-8.82).”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Among 2,821 participants who were not up to date with recommended vaccines, 46.4% said that they would accept one or more missing vaccines if they could be provided during their ED visit, and 86.7% of these persons be explored as additional sites to offer vaccination screening, recommendations, counseling, and referrals to increase vaccination coverage among underserved populations.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Emergency Department Survey of Vaccination Knowledge, Vaccination Coverage, and Willingness To Receive Vaccines In an Emergency Department Among Underserved Populations - Eight Us Cities, April-december, 2024. Mmwr-morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2025;74(29). Mmwr-morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report can be contacted at: Centers Disease Control & Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Robert M. Rodriguez, University of California Riverside, Dept. of Medicine, School of Medicine, Riverside, CA 92521, United States. Additional authors for this research include Shaokui Ge, Jesus R. Torres, Lorenia Olivera, Brian Chinnock, Efrat Kean, Kristin L. Rising, Christopher Conn, Vijaya Arun Kumar, Michael Gottlieb, Shwetha Sekar, Perla Gomez, Christopher Alvarez, Melanie F. Molina, Stephanie A. Eucker and Sofia Difulvio.

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