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

• DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7050a1
• Publication Date: 2021-12-16T15:19:07Z
• Authors: Kimberly H. Nguyen; David Yankey; Peng-jun Lu; Jennifer L. Kriss; Noel T. Brewer; Hilda Razzaghi; Mehreen Meghani; Brian J. Manns; James T. Lee; James A. Singleton
• Keywords: Adult; Male; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Physician-Patient Relations; COVID-19 Vaccines; Adolescent; Health Personnel; Vaccination; COVID-19; Middle Aged; United States; 3. Good health; Young Adult; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Health; Humans; Female; Full Report; Aged

Health care providers are among the most trusted sources of information on safety and effectiveness of vaccines, and their recommendations are strongly associated with vaccination acceptance (4,5). This study found that provider recommendation was associated with higher likelihood of getting vaccinated, as well as higher likelihood of having concerns about COVID-19, confidence that vaccines are important to protect oneself from COVID-19, confidence that COVID-19 vaccines are very or completely safe, and perception that many or all of one's family and friends had received COVID-19 vaccine. The findings from an ecologic analysis also suggest that jurisdictions' prevalence of provider recommendations was positively associated with jurisdiction-level COVID-19 vaccination coverage.