COVID-19 Vaccination Perspectives and Illnesses Among Law Enforcement Officers, Firefighters, and Other First Responders in the US, January to September 2021

Alberto J Caban-Martinez; Manjusha Gaglani; Lauren E W Olsho; Lauren Grant; Natasha Schaefer-Solle; Mark G Thompson; Jefferey L Burgess

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.22640

COVID-19 Vaccination Perspectives and Illnesses Among Law Enforcement Officers, Firefighters, and Other First Responders in the US, January to September 2021

JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Jul 1;5(7):e2222640. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.22640.

Authors

Alberto J Caban-Martinez¹, Manjusha Gaglani², Lauren E W Olsho³, Lauren Grant⁴, Natasha Schaefer-Solle¹, Mark G Thompson⁴, Jefferey L Burgess⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Health Sciences, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida.
² Baylor Scott and White Health, Texas A&M University College of Medicine, Temple.
³ Abt Associates, Rockville, Maryland.
⁴ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention COVID-19 Response Team, Atlanta, Georgia.
⁵ Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson.

Abstract

This cohort study assesses attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccination and illness burden among vaccinated and unvaccinated law enforcement officers, firefighters, and other first responders in the US.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

COVID-19 Vaccines
COVID-19* / epidemiology
COVID-19* / prevention & control
Emergency Responders*
Firefighters*
Humans
Police
Vaccination

Substances

COVID-19 Vaccines