Demographic Determinants and Geographical Variability of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Underserved Communities: Cross-sectional Study

Jennifer L Matas   ^{1 *} , MPH ;   Latrice G Landry   ^{2, 3, 4 *} , MS, MMSc, PhD ;   LaTasha Lee   ⁵ , MPH, PhD ;   Shantoy Hansel   ¹ , MPH ;   Makella S Coudray   ¹ , MPH, PhD ;   Lina V Mata-McMurry   ¹ , MD ;   Nishanth Chalasani   ⁶ , BA ;   Liou Xu   ¹ , PhD ;   Taylor Stair   ¹ , BBA ;   Christina Edwards   ¹ , MHA ;   Gary Puckrein   ¹ , PhD ;   William Meyer   ⁷ , PhD ;   Gary Wiltz   ⁸ , MD ;   Marian Sampson   ⁹ , MD ;   Paul Gregerson   ¹⁰ , MBA, MD ;   Charles Barron   ¹¹ , MD ;   Jeffrey Marable   ¹² , MD ;   Olakunle Akinboboye   ¹³ , MBA, MPH, MD ;   Dora Il'yasova   ^{1, 14} , PhD

¹ National Minority Quality Forum, Washington, DC, United States

² University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States

³ Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, United States

⁴ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

⁵ The George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States

⁶ Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States

⁷ Quest Diagnostics, Secaucus, NJ, United States

⁸ Teche Action Clinic, Franklin, LA, United States

⁹ Osceola Community Health Services, Kissimmee, FL, United States

¹⁰ John Wesley Community Health, Commerce, CA, United States

¹¹ Aunt Martha’s Health and Wellness, Olympia Fields, IL, United States

¹² PrimaryOne Health, Columbus, OH, United States

¹³ Queens Heart Institute, Rosedale, NY, United States

¹⁴ Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States

*these authors contributed equally