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Sally H Adams¹, Jason P Schaub², Jason M Nagata¹

¹Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California.

The Journal of Adolescent Health : Official Publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine

|July 18, 2021

Abstract

Purpose:

Young adults have the highest cumulative incidence of COVID-19 infection in the country. Using March 2021 Household Pulse Survey data, an ongoing, cross-sectional nationally representative survey, we examined U.S. young adult intention to accept COVID-19 vaccines.

Methods:

Young adult (ages 18-25 years) Household Pulse Survey participants were queried on intention to receive a COVID-19 vaccine and related perspectives (N = 5,082).

Results:

Most unvaccinated respondents (76%) indicated an intention to become vaccinated. The most frequently cited reasons for potentially rejecting vaccination included desire to wait and see if the vaccine is safe (56%); concerns over side effects (53%); and believing others are in greater need of the vaccine (44%).

Conclusions:

With 24% of young adults hesitant to accept a COVID-19 vaccine, public health interventions should target reasons for hesitancy, address concerns about safety and side effects, and underscore the importance of vaccinations for this population.

Keywords:

COVID-19 COVID-19 vaccine COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy Vaccine Vaccine hesitancy Vaccine intention Young adult

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