Focus: Vaccines: Embracing the Diversity of Latinx Communities to Promote
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Authors: | Alexander C Ortiz Kathleen M Akgün Isabel S Bazan |
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Institution: | aDepartment of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA;bPulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA;cSection of Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Sleep Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA |
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Abstract: | While vaccine hesitancy is well documented in the literature among the Latinx community, little attention or effort is given to the nuances among the members of individual communities, such as country of origin, immigration status, generational status, primary language, race, age, sex, gender, or rural residence and how these complexities affect vaccine messaging and uptake. We have evidence that this heterogeneity causes differences in access to healthcare, attitudes towards vaccines, and degree of health disparities. In this review we will describe their impact on vaccination rates in the Latinx community, highlighting missed opportunities for public health outreach, and how targeted messaging could improve vaccine uptake. |
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Keywords: | Vaccine hesitancy vaccine uptake vaccine messaging Hispanic/Latino disparities health inequity |
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