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Understanding COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Black and Afro-Latinx Pregnant Individuals: A Mixed-Methods Approach Utilizing Focus Groups and Social Media Ad Reaction

2026-01-08 public and global health Title + abstract only
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Pregnant individuals have a greater susceptibility to severe disease from the coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19). Pregnant people also tend to be vaccine-hesitant, which is even more pronounced in certain racial and ethnic minority groups. The study objective was to determine whether social media ads promoting COVID-19 vaccination could influence vaccination likelihood among pregnant and recently pregnant participants who self-identified as Black or African American. Participants were interview...

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