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Vaccine hesitancy among working-age adults with/without disability in the UK

Emerson, E; Totsika, V; Aitken, Z; King, T; Hastings, RP; Hatton, C; Stancliffe, RJ; ... Kavanagh, A; + view all (2021) Vaccine hesitancy among working-age adults with/without disability in the UK. Public Health , 200 pp. 106-108. 10.1016/j.puhe.2021.09.019. Green open access

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Abstract

Objectives: To estimate levels of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among working-age adults with disabilities in the United Kingdom. Study design: Cross-sectional survey. Methods: Secondary analysis of data collected on a nationally representative sample of 10,114 respondents aged 16–64 years. Results: The adjusted relative risk for hesitancy among respondents with a disability was 0.92 (95% CI 0.67–1.27). There were stronger associations between gender and hesitancy and ethnic status and hesitancy among participants with a disability. The most common reasons cited by people with disabilities who were hesitant were: concern about the future effects of the vaccine, not trusting vaccines and concern about the side effects of vaccination. Conclusions: The higher rates of vaccine hesitancy among women with disabilities and among people from minority ethnic groups with disabilities are concerning.

Type: Article
Title: Vaccine hesitancy among working-age adults with/without disability in the UK
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2021.09.019
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2021.09.019
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Public, Environmental & Occupational Health, Disability, Vaccine hesitancy, COVID-19, Gender
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Division of Psychiatry
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10139553
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