Latinx youth’s and parents’ covid-19 beliefs, vaccine hesitancy and vaccination rates: Longitudinal associations in a community sample

• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0307479
• Publication Date: 2024-07-24T17:36:51Z
• Authors: Namoonga M. Mantina; Maiya G. Block Ng...; Katharine H. Zeiders; Kayla M. Osman; Ada M. Wilkinson-Lee; Antoinette M. Landor; Lindsay T. Hoyt
• Keywords: 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak; Longitudinal Study; Herd Immunity; Sample (material)

The Latinx population has the second highest COVID-19 death rate among racial/ethnic groups in United States and less than half of youth aged 5-17 years old completed their primary vaccination series as September 2022. vaccine misinformation detrimentally impacts rates. In this study, we examined factors that predicted hesitancy status.