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- Title
ORIGINAL ARTICLES Differential Willingness to Undergo Smallpox Vaccination Among African-American and White Individuals.
- Authors
Micco, Ellyn; Gurmankin, Andrea D.; Armstrong, Katrina
- Abstract
To examine potential disparities in willingness to be vaccinated against smallpox among different U.S. racial/ethnic groups. Cross-sectional survey using an experimental design to assess willingness to be vaccinated among African Americans compared to whites according to 2 strategies: a post-exposure “ring vaccination” method and a pre-exposure national vaccination program. Philadelphia County district courthouse. Individuals awaiting jury duty. We included 2 scenarios representing these strategies in 2 otherwise identical questionnaires and randomly assigned them to participants. We compared responses by African Americans and whites. In the pre-exposure scenario, 66% of 190 participants were willing to get vaccinated against smallpox. In contrast, 84% of 200 participants were willing to get vaccinated in the post-exposure scenario ( P = .0001). African Americans were less willing than whites to get vaccinated in the pre-exposure scenario (54% vs 77%; P = .004), but not in the post-exposure scenario (84% vs 88%; P = .56). In multivariate analyses, overall willingness to undergo vaccination was associated with vaccination strategy (odds ratio, 3.29; 95% confidence interval, 1.8 to 6.1). Racial disparity in willingness to get vaccinated varies by the characteristics of the vaccination program. Overall willingness was highest in the context of a post-exposure scenario. These results highlight the importance of considering social issues when constructing bioterror attack response plans that adequately address the needs of all of society's members. J GEN INTERN MED 2004;19:451 – 455.
- Publication
JGIM: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2004, Vol 19, Issue 5, p451
- ISSN
0884-8734
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1111/j.1525-1497.2004.30067.x