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Ms. Deema Ujayli
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine

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Published: 24 August 2021 in Vaccines
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Background: Vaccine hesitancy is the next great barrier for public health. Arab Americans are a rapidly growing demographic in the United States with limited information on the prevalence of vaccine hesitancy. We therefore sought to study the attitudes towards the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine amongst Arab American health professionals living in the United States. Methods: This was a cross sectional study utilizing an anonymous online survey. The survey was distributed via e-mail to National Arab American Medical Association members and Arab-American Center for Economic and Social Services healthcare employees. Respondents were considered vaccine hesitant if they selected responses other than a willingness to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Results: A total of 4000 surveys were sent via e-mail from 28 December 2020 to 31 January 2021, and 513 responses were received. The highest group of respondents were between the ages of 18–29 years and physicians constituted 48% of the respondents. On multivariable analysis, we found that respondents who had declined an influenza vaccine in the preceding 5 years (p< 0.001) and allied health professionals (medical assistants, hospital administrators, case managers, researchers, scribes, pharmacists, dieticians and social workers) were more likely to be vaccine hesitant (p = 0.025). In addition, respondents earning over $150,000 US dollars annually were less likely to be vaccine hesitant and this finding was significant on multivariable analysis (p = 0.011). Conclusions: Vaccine hesitancy among health care providers could have substantial impact on vaccine attitudes of the general population, and such data may help inform vaccine advocacy efforts.

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Anita Shallal; Evi Abada; Rami Musallam; Omar Fehmi; Linda Kaljee; Ziad Fehmi; Suma Alzouhayli; Deema Ujayli; Doreen Dankerlui; Seongho Kim; Michele L. Cote; Vijaya Arun Kumar; Marcus Zervos; Rouba Ali-Fehmi. Evaluation of COVID-19 Vaccine Attitudes among Arab American Healthcare Professionals Living in the United States. Vaccines 2021, 9, 942 .

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Anita Shallal, Evi Abada, Rami Musallam, Omar Fehmi, Linda Kaljee, Ziad Fehmi, Suma Alzouhayli, Deema Ujayli, Doreen Dankerlui, Seongho Kim, Michele L. Cote, Vijaya Arun Kumar, Marcus Zervos, Rouba Ali-Fehmi. Evaluation of COVID-19 Vaccine Attitudes among Arab American Healthcare Professionals Living in the United States. Vaccines. 2021; 9 (9):942.

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Anita Shallal; Evi Abada; Rami Musallam; Omar Fehmi; Linda Kaljee; Ziad Fehmi; Suma Alzouhayli; Deema Ujayli; Doreen Dankerlui; Seongho Kim; Michele L. Cote; Vijaya Arun Kumar; Marcus Zervos; Rouba Ali-Fehmi. 2021. "Evaluation of COVID-19 Vaccine Attitudes among Arab American Healthcare Professionals Living in the United States." Vaccines 9, no. 9: 942.