Technical report
L. D. Williamson, A. Tarfa
BMC Public Health, vol. 22(1), 2022
BMC Public Health, vol. 22(1), 2022
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Williamson, L. D., & Tarfa, A. (2022). Examining the relationships between trust in providers and information, mistrust, and COVID-19 vaccine concerns, necessity, and intentions. BMC Public Health (Vol. 22). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14399-9
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Williamson, L. D., and A. Tarfa. Examining the Relationships between Trust in Providers and Information, Mistrust, and COVID-19 Vaccine Concerns, Necessity, and Intentions. BMC Public Health. Vol. 22, 2022.
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Williamson, L. D., and A. Tarfa. “Examining the Relationships between Trust in Providers and Information, Mistrust, and COVID-19 Vaccine Concerns, Necessity, and Intentions.” BMC Public Health, vol. 22, no. 1, 2022, doi:10.1186/s12889-022-14399-9.
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@techreport{williamson2022a,
title = {Examining the relationships between trust in providers and information, mistrust, and COVID-19 vaccine concerns, necessity, and intentions},
year = {2022},
issue = {1},
journal = {BMC Public Health},
volume = {22},
doi = {10.1186/s12889-022-14399-9},
author = {Williamson, L. D. and Tarfa, A.}
}
Background
To facilitate maximum uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine, the roles of medical trust and mistrust of healthcare professionals must be examined. Previous work suggests that trust and mistrust may have differential impacts on vaccination intention via vaccine necessity and concerns. Multigroup structural equation modeling was utilized to test whether vaccine necessity and concerns mediated the associations between trust in providers and health information, mistrust of providers, and willingness to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The model was found to be invariant across Black and White respondents. Trust in providers and trust in healthcare information exerted indirect effects on intentions through vaccine necessity, while mistrust of providers exerted indirect effects through vaccine concerns. Unlike previous work, the forms of trust did not influence vaccine concerns. The findings have implications for future communication efforts from healthcare professionals and health messengers.
