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Primary care providers' views of discussing COVID-19 vaccination with vaccine hesitant patients: A qualitative study.

Patient Educ Couns

October 2024

Division of Health Systems Science, Department of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA. Electronic address:

Objective: To describe primary care providers' (PCPs) perspectives on discussing COVID-19 vaccination with their patients.

Methods: All PCPs from 11 primary care clinics at 3 health systems were invited to participate. Focus groups were conducted between December 2021-January 2022, and were recorded and transcribed.

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Objectives: COVID-19 vaccines are widely available, but uptake is suboptimal. To develop strategies to increase vaccination rates, we sought to (1) characterize adults initially hesitant to be vaccinated for COVID-19 who later received the vaccine and (2) identify factors associated with their vaccination decision.

Methods: In January 2021, we conducted an online survey of US adults via Prolific that assessed vaccination intent, COVID-19-related knowledge and attitudes, and demographic characteristics.

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

Vaccine

October 2021

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.

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.

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