{"pk":65491,"title":"COVID-19 Vaccination Hesitancy in African American and Latinx Populations","subtitle":null,"abstract":"In the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated health disparities among African American and Latinx populations with particularly low vaccination rates. Vaccine hesitancy is a key barrier to African American and Latinx groups from acquiring the COVID-19 vaccine. Studies highlight that contextual influences, individual and group influences, and vaccinespecific influences have prominence in COVID-19 vaccine hesitation. This literature review summarizes COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy characteristics and the health communication strategies that legislators may consider when developing COVID-19 vaccination policies and programs in the United States.\nKey Words: literature review, coronavirus disease-19, COVID-19 pandemic, vaccines, COVID19 vaccines, vaccine hesitancy, minority health, health disparities","language":"en","license":null,"keywords":[{"word":"literature review, coronavirus disease-19, COVID-19 pandemic, vaccines, COVID19 vaccines, vaccine hesitancy, minority health, health disparities"}],"section":"Social Sciences","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2jb6k33p","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Justin","middle_name":"J.","last_name":"Naidu","name_suffix":"","institution":"","department":""}],"date_submitted":"2022-05-05T20:48:22Z","date_accepted":"2022-05-05T20:48:22Z","date_published":"2022-05-05T07:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/ucm_mwp_ucmurj/article/65491/galley/50124/download/"}]}