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COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance among an Online Sample of Sexual and Gender Minority Men and Transgender Women

by
Daniel Teixeira da Silva
1,2,
Katie Biello
3,4,
Willey Y. Lin
2,
Pablo K. Valente
3,
Kenneth H. Mayer
4,5,
Lisa Hightow-Weidman
6 and
José A. Bauermeister
2,*
1
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
2
Department of Family and Community Health, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
3
Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
4
Fenway Health, Boston, MA 02215, USA
5
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
6
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, USA
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Academic Editor: Alessandra Casuccio
Vaccines 2021, 9(3), 204; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9030204
Received: 5 February 2021 / Revised: 23 February 2021 / Accepted: 26 February 2021 / Published: 1 March 2021
(This article belongs to the Section COVID-19 Vaccines and Vaccination)
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Abstract

Sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations are particularly vulnerable to poor COVID-19 outcomes and are more likely to experience stigma and medical mistrust that may impact COVID-19 vaccine acceptance. This study examined the prevalence of COVID testing and diagnosis and assessed COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among a large sample of SGM. Participants were recruited as part of an online cross-sectional study focused on an HIV biomedical prevention technology willingness in the United States at increased risk for HIV sero-conversion. Multivariate linear analysis was conducted to examine COVID-19 vaccine acceptance. The study sample included 1350 predominately gay (61.6%), Black (57.9%), cis-gender (95.7%) males with a mean age of 32.9 years. Medical mistrust and social concern regarding COVID-19 vaccine stigma were significantly associated with decreased COVID-19 vaccine acceptance, and altruism was significantly associated with increased vaccine acceptance. Black participants were significantly less likely to accept a COVID-19 vaccine, and Asian participants were significantly more likely to accept a vaccine, compared to White peers. As the planning of COVID-19 vaccine rollout efforts is conceptualized and designed, these data may inform equitable implementation strategies and prevent worsening health inequities among SGM populations. View Full-Text
Keywords: COVID-19; sexual; gender; minority; vaccine; acceptance COVID-19; sexual; gender; minority; vaccine; acceptance
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Teixeira da Silva, D.; Biello, K.; Lin, W.Y.; Valente, P.K.; Mayer, K.H.; Hightow-Weidman, L.; Bauermeister, J.A. COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance among an Online Sample of Sexual and Gender Minority Men and Transgender Women. Vaccines 2021, 9, 204. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9030204

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Teixeira da Silva D, Biello K, Lin WY, Valente PK, Mayer KH, Hightow-Weidman L, Bauermeister JA. COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance among an Online Sample of Sexual and Gender Minority Men and Transgender Women. Vaccines. 2021; 9(3):204. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9030204

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Teixeira da Silva, Daniel, Katie Biello, Willey Y. Lin, Pablo K. Valente, Kenneth H. Mayer, Lisa Hightow-Weidman, and José A. Bauermeister. 2021. "COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance among an Online Sample of Sexual and Gender Minority Men and Transgender Women" Vaccines 9, no. 3: 204. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9030204

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