TY - JOUR
T1 - COVID-19 vaccine acceptability among US firefighters and emergency medical services workers
AU - Caban-Martinez, Alberto J.
AU - Silvera, Carlos A.
AU - Santiago, Katerina M.
AU - Louzado-Feliciano, Paola
AU - Burgess, Jefferey L.
AU - Smith, Denise L.
AU - Jahnke, Sara
AU - Horn, Gavin P.
AU - Graber, Judith M.
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding: This research work was supported by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number P30CA240139. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2021 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
PY - 2021/4/2
Y1 - 2021/4/2
N2 - Objectives: Estimate the point prevalence of COVID-19 vaccine acceptability among US firefighters and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) workers. Methods: A cross-sectional study design was used to administer an anonymous online survey to a national non-probabilistic sample of firefighter and EMS workers. Results: Among the 3169 respondents, 48.2% expressed high acceptability of the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available, while 24.2% were unsure and 27.6% reported low acceptability. Using the ''high COVID-19 vaccine acceptability'' group as the reference category, the groups with greater odds of reporting low acceptability included those: 30 to 39 years of age (odds ratio=3.62 [95% confidence interval=2.00 to 6.55]), Black race (3.60 [1.12 to 11.53]), Hispanic/Latinx ethnicity (2.39 [1.45 to 3.92]), with some college education (2.06 [1.29 to 3.27]), married (1.65 [1.03 to 2.65]), of current rank firefighter/EMS (2.21 [1.60 to 3.08]). Conclusions: Over half of US firefighters and EMS workers were uncertain or reported low acceptability of the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available.
AB - Objectives: Estimate the point prevalence of COVID-19 vaccine acceptability among US firefighters and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) workers. Methods: A cross-sectional study design was used to administer an anonymous online survey to a national non-probabilistic sample of firefighter and EMS workers. Results: Among the 3169 respondents, 48.2% expressed high acceptability of the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available, while 24.2% were unsure and 27.6% reported low acceptability. Using the ''high COVID-19 vaccine acceptability'' group as the reference category, the groups with greater odds of reporting low acceptability included those: 30 to 39 years of age (odds ratio=3.62 [95% confidence interval=2.00 to 6.55]), Black race (3.60 [1.12 to 11.53]), Hispanic/Latinx ethnicity (2.39 [1.45 to 3.92]), with some college education (2.06 [1.29 to 3.27]), married (1.65 [1.03 to 2.65]), of current rank firefighter/EMS (2.21 [1.60 to 3.08]). Conclusions: Over half of US firefighters and EMS workers were uncertain or reported low acceptability of the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available.
KW - COVID-19 vaccine
KW - Emergency medical services (EMS) workers
KW - Firefighters
KW - Vaccine acceptability
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U2 - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002152
DO - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002152
M3 - Article
C2 - 33560073
AN - SCOPUS:85105895202
SN - 1076-2752
VL - 63
SP - 369
EP - 373
JO - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
JF - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
IS - 5
ER -