Research Conducted at George Washington University Has Updated Our Knowledge about COVID-19 (The Association of Social Factors and Health Insurance Coverage With Covid-19 Vaccinations and Hesitancy, July 2021): Coronavirus – COVID-19

2021 DEC 28 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at NewsRx COVID-19 Daily -- Data detailed on Coronavirus - COVID-19 have been presented. According to news reporting from Washington, District of Columbia, by NewsRx editors, the research stated, “There are racial differences in COVID-19 vaccination rates, but social factors, such as lack of health insurance or food insecurity, may explain some of the racial disparities. To assess social factors, including insurance coverage, that may affect COVID-19 vaccination as of June-July 2021 and vaccine hesitancy among those not yet vaccinated, and how these may affect racial equity in vaccinations.”

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from George Washington University, “Cross-sectional analysis of nationally representative survey data. Adults 18 to 64 participating in the Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey for June 23 to July 5, 2021. Vaccination: receipt of at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Vaccine hesitancy: among those not yet vaccinated, intent to definitely or probably not get vaccinated. In unadjusted analyses, black adults were less likely to be vaccinated than other respondents, but, after social factors were included, including health insurance status, food sufficiency, income and education, and state-level political preferences, differences between black and white adults were no longer significant and Hispanics were more likely to be vaccinated (OR= 1.87, p< .001). Among those not yet vaccinated, black and Hispanic adults were vaccine hesitant than white adults (ORs = .37 and .45, respectively, both p< .001) and insurance status and food insufficiency were not significantly associated with vaccine hesitancy. The percent of state voters for former President Trump in 2020 was significantly associated with lower vaccination rates and with increased vaccine hesitancy. The results indicate that much of the gap in COVID vaccination rates for minority adults are due to social barriers, rather than differences in racial attitudes. Unvaccinated minority adults expressed less vaccine hesitancy than white adults. Social barriers like food insecurity and insurance coverage could have deterred prompt COVID-19 vaccinations.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Reducing these problems might help increase vaccination rates.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: The Association of Social Factors and Health Insurance Coverage With Covid-19 Vaccinations and Hesitancy, July 2021. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2021. Journal of General Internal Medicine can be contacted at: Springer, One New York Plaza, Suite 4600, New York, Ny, United States. (Wiley-Blackwell - http://www.wiley.com/; Journal of General Internal Medicine - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1525-1497)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Leighton Ku, George Washington University, School of Public Health, Milken Institute, Dept. of Health Policy and Management, Washington, DC 20052, United States.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-021-07213-6. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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