Getting people to agree to covid-19 vaccination is an ongoing challenge in the US. But one demographic group shines, reports Joanne Silberner Data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that Native American groups—American Indians and Alaska Natives—have consistently ...
By July 2020, American Indians and Alaskan Natives had a COVID-19 infection rate 3½ times that of non-Hispanic whites. Problems accessing data predated the pandemic, but the alarming infection and death rates in Native American communities underscored the importance of making data-sharing easier...
Native American-Serving Nontribal InstitutionSOCIAL NORMSCOLLEGEObjectiveMultiple national and international studies of college student COVID-19 vaccination have been recently published, providing important descriptive information and a conceptual basis to inform future decisions about infectious disease prevention...
Narratives from African American/Black, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Hispanic/Latinx community members in Arizona to enhance COVID-19 vaccine and vaccination uptakeAfrican American/BlackCOVID-19IndigenousLatinxMedical mistrustVaccine hesitancy
COVID-19 vaccinesNATIVE AmericansINDIGENOUS peoplesBackground: This study examines how health literacy and mental health literacy associate with the willingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccination among American Indian/Alaska Native/Native American (AI/AN) people. Methods: The dat...
Prevalence of COVID-19 infection and vaccination did not vary by food security status after adjustment for confounders. Conclusions: High rates of food insecurity among American Indian and Alaska Native communities likely increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, despite the high prevalence of...