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Title: | COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Diverse Groups in the UK—Is the Driver Economic or Cultural in Student Populations |
Authors: | Drobniewski, F Kusuma, D Broda, A Castro-Sánchez, E Ahmad, R |
Keywords: | COVID-19;vaccine hesitancy;students;healthcare workers |
Issue Date: | 24-Mar-2022 |
Publisher: | MDPI AG |
Citation: | Drobniewski, F. et al. (2022) 'COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Diverse Groups in the UK—Is the Driver Economic or Cultural in Student Populations', Vaccines, 2022, 10 (4), 501, pp. 1 - 13. doi: 10.3390/vaccines10040501. |
Abstract: | Copyright © 2022 by the authors. Studies have identified a greater reluctance for members of the Black, Asian, and minority ethnic communities to be vaccinated against COVID-19 despite a higher probability of greater harm from COVID-19. We conducted an anonymised questionnaire-based study of students (recruiting primarily before first reports of embolic events) at two London universities to identify whether economic or educational levels were primarily responsible for this reluctance: a postgraduate core group (PGCC) n = 860, and a pilot study of undergraduate medical and nursing students (n = 103). Asian and Black students were 2.0 and 3.2 times (PGCC) less likely to accept the COVID vaccine than White British students. Similar findings were noted in the pilot study students. As the students were studying for Master’s or PhD degrees and voluntarily paying high fees, educational and economic reasons were unlikely to be the underlying cause, and wider cultural reservations were more likely. Politicians exerted a strong negative influence, suggesting that campaigns should omit politicians. |
Description: | Data Availability Statement: All data is provided in the manuscript. |
URI: | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/25768 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10040501 |
Other Identifiers: | ORCID iD: Enrique Castro-Sánchez https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3351-9496 501 |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Arts and Humanities Research Papers |
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