“In the beginning, I said I wouldn't get it.”: Hesitant adoption of the COVID-19 vaccine in remote Alaska between November 2020 and 2021

• Published in: Social science & medicine (1982) Vol. 334; p. 116197
• Main Authors: Eichelberger, Laura, Hansen, Amanda, Cochran, Patricia, Fried, Ruby, Hahn, Micah
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2023
• Subjects: Alaska; Alaska Native; COVID-19; Hesitant adoption; Rural; Vaccine acceptance; Vaccine hesitancy; COVID-19; Rural; Alaska Native; Vaccine hesitancy; Vaccine acceptance; Alaska; Hesitant adoption

Achieving sufficient COVID-19 vaccination coverage has been hindered in many areas by vaccine hesitancy. Many studies based on large survey samples have characterized vaccine refusal, but there are fewer in-depth qualitative studies that explore hesitant adoption: the middle-ground between vaccine a...