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 - 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 -