COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake and Hesitancy in a National Sample of Australian Gay and Bisexual Men

Holt, M; MacGibbon, J; Bavinton, B; Broady, T; Clackett, S; Ellard, Jeanne; Kolstee, J; Molyneux, A; Murphy, Dean; Power, C; de Wit, J

doi:10.26181/20400714.v2

COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake and Hesitancy in a National Sample of Australian Gay and Bisexual Men

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posted on 2024-07-11, 06:02 authored by M Holt, J MacGibbon, B Bavinton, T Broady, S Clackett, Jeanne EllardJeanne Ellard, J Kolstee, A Molyneux, Dean MurphyDean Murphy, C Power, J de Wit

Minority groups may face additional barriers to vaccination. In April–June 2021, we assessed the level of COVID-19 vaccination and willingness to be vaccinated in a national, online survey of 1280 gay and bisexual men in Australia. Over a quarter of the sample (28.0%) had been partially or fully vaccinated, and 80.0% of the unvaccinated were willing to be vaccinated. Vaccination was independently associated with older age, being university educated, and HIV status (with HIV-positive participants being more likely and untested participants less likely to be vaccinated). Willingness to be vaccinated was independently associated with living in a capital city and being university educated. Those who had lost income or their job due to COVID-19 were less willing to be vaccinated. Our results suggest encouraging COVID-19 vaccination among those with lower levels of health literacy and supporting those who have experienced financial stress because of the pandemic.

Funding

Open Access funding enabled and organized by CAUL and its Member Institutions. Project funding from the BBV & STI Research, Intervention and Strategic Evaluation Program of the New South Wales Ministry of Health; surveillance funding from the Australian Government Department of Health.

History

Publication Date

2022-08-01

Journal

AIDS and Behavior

Volume

26

Issue

8

Pagination

(p. 2531-2538)

Publisher

Springer Nature

ISSN

1090-7165

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