Age and beliefs about vaccines associated with COVID-19 vaccination among US Veterans

Geneva M Wilson; Cara E Ray; Ibuola O Kale; Aaron M Scherer; Howard S Gordon; Frances Weaver; Charlesnika T Evans; Kevin Stroupe

doi:10.1017/ash.2023.446

Age and beliefs about vaccines associated with COVID-19 vaccination among US Veterans

Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2023 Oct 23;3(1):e184. doi: 10.1017/ash.2023.446. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Geneva M Wilson^{1

2}, Cara E Ray¹, Ibuola O Kale¹, Aaron M Scherer³, Howard S Gordon^{4

5}, Frances Weaver^{1

6}, Charlesnika T Evans^{1

2}, Kevin Stroupe^{1

6}

Affiliations

¹ Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital, Hines, IL, USA.
² Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
³ Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
⁴ Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
⁵ University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
⁶ Parkinson School of Health Sciences and Public Health, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, USA.

Abstract

This project surveyed Veterans' COVID-19 vaccination beliefs and status. 1,080 (30.8%) Veterans responded. Factors associated with being unvaccinated, identified using binomial logistic regression, included negative feelings about vaccines (OR = 3.88, 95%CI = 1.52, 9.90) and logistical difficulties such as finding transportation (OR = 1.95, 95%CI = 1.01, 3.45). This highlights the need for education about and access to vaccination.

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