美国老年人获得COVID-19疫苗接种的成功和缺点
Journal of gerontological nursing
|August 28, 2024
概括
老年人面临着与其他群体相似的障碍和促进者进入COVID-19疫苗. 了解这些挑战对于公平的疫苗接种和弱势群体的医疗保健至关重要.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 疫苗学 疫苗学 疫苗学
背景情况:
- 老年人是接种疫苗计划的关键人口.
- 接种疫苗的机会可能受到各种社会经济和后勤因素的影响.
- 了解老年人面临的具体挑战对于有效的公共卫生战略至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了识别老年人在接种2019年新冠病毒病 (COVID-19) 疫苗时遇到的感知促进者和障碍.
- 为未来的疫苗推广战略和老龄化人口的医疗保健准入倡议提供信息.
主要方法:
- 对老年人和熟悉他们接种疫苗的个人进行了电子调查.
- 数据分析涉及描述性统计数据和对开放式调查答案的定向内容分析.
- 国家老龄健康差异研究所研究框架指导了这项分析.
主要成果:
- 该研究包括294名参与者,平均年龄为67岁. 大多数被认定为白人 (79.5%),西班牙裔 (33.8%) 和黑人 (8.1%) 个人占有很大比例.
- 在疫苗接种方面出现了五个关键主题:可用性和可访问性,信息,成本,安全性和副作用以及安全感.
- 参与者的人口统计数据表明,这是一个多元化的群体,68.6%的人认为自己是男性.
结论:
- 老年人获得COVID-19疫苗接种的促进者和障碍与其他人口群体中观察到的因素一致.
- 这些发现表明,需要针对老龄化人口的疫苗接种和医疗保健提供量身定制的方法.
- 有效的公共卫生紧急响应需要仔细规划,以解决弱势群体,特别是老年人面临的独特障碍.
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