Disparities in influenza vaccination: Arab Americans in California.
BMC Public Health
; 21(1): 443, 2021 03 05.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-33663444
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Influenza vaccination among minoritized groups remains below federal benchmarks in the United States (US). We used data from the 2004-2016 California Health Interview Surveys (CHIS) to characterize influenza vaccination patterns among Arab Americans in California.METHODS:
Influenza vaccination was self-reported by Arab American adults (N = 1163) and non-Hispanic Whites (NHW, N = 166,955). Differences in influenza vaccination prevalence and odds were compared using chi-squared tests and survey-weighted logistic regression, respectively.RESULTS:
Across all years, 30.3% of Arab Americans self-reported receiving an influenza vaccine (vs. 40.5% for NHW, p < 0.05). After sequential adjustment by sociodemographic, health behavior, and acculturation variables no differences in odds of self-reported influenza vaccination were observed between Arab Americans and NHW (odds ratio 1.02, 95% confidence interval 0.76-1.38). Male and unemployed Arab Americans had higher odds of reporting influenza vaccination than female and employed Arab Americans.CONCLUSIONS:
Future work should consider specific barriers to influenza vaccination in Arab American communities.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Vacinas contra Influenza
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Influenza Humana
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Article