"Individual, Cultural and Structural Predictors of Vaccine Safety Confidence and Influenza Vaccination Among Hispanic Female Subgroups" by Meghan Bridgid Moran

Article

Individual, Cultural and Structural Predictors of Vaccine Safety Confidence and Influenza Vaccination Among Hispanic Female Subgroups

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health (2016)

Meghan Bridgid Moran, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Joyee S. Chatterjee, University of Southern California
Lauren B. Frank
Sheila T. Murphy, University of Southern California
Nan Zhao, University of California, Los Angeles
Nancy Chen, California State University, Channel Islands
Sandra Ball-Rokeach, University of California, Los Angeles

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Abstract

Rates of influenza vaccination among US Hispanics are lower than for non-Hispanic whites, yet little is known about factors affecting vaccination in this population. Additionally, although Hispanics are a diverse population with culturally distinct subgroups, they are often treated as a homogenous population. This study (1) examines how confidence in vaccine safety and influenza vaccine use vary by Hispanic subgroup and (2) identifies individual, cultural and structural correlates of these outcomes. This study analyzed survey data from 1565 Hispanic women who were recruited at clinic- and community-based sites in Los Angeles. Education, healthcare coverage, acculturation, fatalism, and religiosity were predictors of influenza vaccination behavior and predictors varied by subgroup. These findings provide guidance for how influenza vaccine promotion efforts can be developed for Hispanic subgroups. Confidence in the safety of a vaccine is a major predictor of flu vaccination and an important modifiable target for intervention.

Disciplines

Influenza Virus Vaccines

Publication Date

May, 2016

DOI

10.1007/s10903-016-0428-9

Citation Information

Meghan Bridgid Moran , Joyee S. Chatterjee, Lauren B. Frank, Sheila T. Murphy, Nan Zhao, Nancy Chen, and Sandra Ball-Rokeach. (2016). Individual, Cultural and Structural Predictors of Vaccine Safety Confidence and Influenza Vaccination Among Hispanic Female Subgroups. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 1-11.