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

Emerson, E, Totsika, V, Aitken, Z, King, T, Hastings, RP, Hatton, C ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8781-8486, Stancliffe, RJ, Llewellyn, G and Kavanagh, A (2021) Vaccine hesitancy among working-age adults with/without disability in the UK. Public Health, 200. pp. 106-108. ISSN 0033-3506

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2021.09.019

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.

Item Type:	Article (Article)
Peer-reviewed:	Yes
Date Deposited:	21 Jun 2024 09:04
Publisher:	Elsevier
Additional Information:	© 2021. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Divisions:	Faculties > Health and Education
Subject terms:	Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Public, Environmental & Occupational Health, Disability, Vaccine hesitancy, COVID-19, Gender, Humans, Vaccines, Vaccination, Cross-Sectional Studies, Adult, Disabled Persons, Female, United Kingdom, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 Vaccines, COVID-19, Disability, Gender, Vaccine hesitancy, Adult, COVID-19, COVID-19 Vaccines, Cross-Sectional Studies, Disabled Persons, Female, Humans, SARS-CoV-2, United Kingdom, Vaccination, Vaccines, Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Public, Environmental & Occupational Health, Disability, Vaccine hesitancy, COVID-19, Gender, Humans, Vaccines, Vaccination, Cross-Sectional Studies, Adult, Disabled Persons, Female, United Kingdom, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 Vaccines, COVID-19, Disability, Gender, Vaccine hesitancy, Adult, COVID-19, COVID-19 Vaccines, Cross-Sectional Studies, Disabled Persons, Female, Humans, SARS-CoV-2, United Kingdom, Vaccination, Vaccines, 1117 Public Health and Health Services, Public Health, 1117 Public Health and Health Services, Public Health
URI:	https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/632883
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2021.09.019
ISSN	0033-3506
e-ISSN	1476-5616

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