Report of Health Care Provider Recommendation for COVID-19 Vaccination Among Adults, by Recipient COVID-19 Vaccination Status and Attitudes — U.S. April–September 2021

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Nguyen, Kimberly H. ; Yankey, David ; Lu, Peng-jun ; Kriss, Jennifer L. ; Brewer, Noel T. ; Razzaghi, Hilda ; Meghani, Mehreen ; Manns, Brian J. ; Lee, James T. ; Singleton, James A.
• Description:
  Vaccination is critical to controlling the COVID-19 pandemic, and health care providers play an important role in achieving high vaccination coverage (1). To examine the prevalence of report of a provider recommendation for COVID-19 vaccination and its association with COVID-19 vaccination coverage and attitudes, CDC analyzed data among adults aged ≥18 years from the National Immunization Survey-Adult COVID Module (NIS-ACM), a nationally representative cellular telephone survey. Prevalence of report of a provider recommendation for COVID-19 vaccination among adults increased from 34.6%, during April 22-May 29, to 40.5%, during August 29-September 25, 2021. Adults who reported a provider recommendation for COVID-19 vaccination were more likely to have received ≥1 dose of a COVID-19 vaccine (77.6%) than were those who did not receive a recommendation (61.9%) (adjusted prevalence ratio [aPR] = 1.12). Report of a provider recommendation was associated with concern about COVID-19 (aPR = 1.31), belief that COVID-19 vaccines are important to protect oneself (aPR = 1.15), belief that COVID-19 vaccination was very or completely safe (aPR = 1.17), and perception that many or all of their family and friends had received COVID-19 vaccination (aPR = 1.19). Empowering health care providers to recommend vaccination to their patients could help reinforce confidence in, and increase coverage with, COVID-19 vaccines, particularly among groups known to have lower COVID-19 vaccination coverage, including younger adults, racial/ethnic minorities, and rural residents.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged CoronaVirus Infections COVID-19 COVID-19 Vaccines Female Health Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Health Personnel Humans Male Middle Aged Physician-Patient Relations Vaccination Young Adult

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• Source:
  MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 70(50):1723-1730
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/MMWRmm7050a1
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  34914669
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8675662
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  8 pdf pages
• Volume:
  70
• Issue:
  50
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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