COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake and Factors Associated With Being Unvaccinated Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Other Sexual Identities (LGBTQ+) New Yorkers. (20th May 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Low, Andrea; Wright, Connor; Platt, Joey; Chang, Christiana; Mantell, Joanne E; Romero, Emily; Hoos, David; Mannheimer, Sharon; Greenleaf, Abigail; Castor, Delivette; El-Sadr, Wafaa M
• Is Part Of: Open forum infectious diseases. Volume 9:Number 7(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-05-20
• Subjects: LGBTQ+ -- COVID-19 -- vaccine hesitancy -- socioeconomic impact -- online survey; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Medical microbiology -- Periodicals; Infection -- Periodicals; 616.9
• DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac260
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2328-8957

Abstract

Abstract: Routine data on vaccine uptake are not disaggregated by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other sexual identities (LGBTQ+) populations, despite higher risk of infection and severe disease. We found comparable vaccination uptake patterns among 1032 LGBTQ+ New Yorkers and the general population. We identified critical socioeconomic factors that were associated with vaccine hesitancy in this economically vulnerable population.