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Vaccines (Basel). 2021 Aug 17;9(8). doi: 10.3390/vaccines9080916.

Changing Attitudes toward the COVID-19 Vaccine among North Carolina Participants in the COVID-19 Community Research Partnership.

Vaccines

Chukwunyelu H Enwezor, James E Peacock, Austin L Seals, Sharon L Edelstein, Amy N Hinkelman, Thomas F Wierzba, Iqra Munawar, Patrick D Maguire, William H Lagarde, Michael S Runyon, Michael A Gibbs, Thomas R Gallaher, John W Sanders, David M Herrington

Affiliations

  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Infectious Diseases, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27517, USA.
  2. Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Cardiovascular Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27517, USA.
  3. Biostatistics Center, George Washington University Milken School of Public Health, Washington, DC 20052, USA.
  4. Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine, Campbell University, Lillington, NC 27546, USA.
  5. New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, NC 28401, USA.
  6. Wake Med Health and Hospitals, Raleigh, NC 27610, USA.
  7. Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC 28204, USA.
  8. Vidant Health, Greenville, NC 27834, USA.

PMID: 34452041 PMCID: PMC8402530 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines9080916

Abstract

Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccine acceptance is variable. We surveyed participants in the COVID-19 Community Research Partnership from 17 December 2020 to 13 January 2021 to assess vaccine receptiveness. Vaccine uptake was then monitored until 15 May 2021; 20,232 participants responded to the receptiveness survey with vaccination status accessed in 18,874 participants via daily follow-up surveys (participants not completing daily surveys ≥30 days to 15 May 2021, were excluded). In the initial survey, 4802 (23.8%) were vaccine hesitant. Hesitancy was most apparent in women (Adjusted RR 0.93,

Keywords: COVID-19; North Carolina; demographic groups; survey; vaccination; vaccine hesitancy; vaccine intent; vaccine uptake

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