Acculturation, trust to health care system, and attitudes to COVID-19 vaccination: A comparative study between Polish immigrants in Norway, Polish in Poland, and Norwegians in Norway.
Acculturation
COVID-19 vaccination attitudes
Immigrants
Trust in health care
Journal
Current research in ecological and social psychology
ISSN: 2666-6227
Titre abrégé: Curr Res Ecol Soc Psychol
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 9918335087006676
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2022
2022
Historique:
received:
31
10
2021
revised:
24
04
2022
accepted:
05
05
2022
entrez:
16
5
2022
pubmed:
17
5
2022
medline:
17
5
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Fast deployment of safe and efficient COVID-19 vaccines has changed the course of the pandemic in many countries reducing COVID-19 death rates and allowing countries to abandon strict measures such as social distancing and restrictions to public events. The vaccination strategy, however, is based on the expected high vaccination rate in the population. Several studies have indicated vaccination hesitancy to be higher in ethnic minority communities, which can lead to unnecessary suffering and loss of lives, worsening pre-existing health inequalities and marginalization of ethnic minority groups. The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationships between acculturation to Norwegian culture, trust in health authorities, and attitude to COVID-19 vaccine among Polish immigrants in Norway. An internet-based survey including questions about attitude to COVID-19 vaccination and trust in the health care system was filled by 150 Polish immigrants in Norway, 256 Polish living in Poland, and 264 Norwegians living in Norway. In addition, the Polish immigrants also answered questions about acculturation to Norway. The results showed that the Polish immigrants in Norway had less positive attitudes to COVID-19 vaccination than the Norwegians, while they did not differ from Polish living in Poland. The Polish immigrants also indicated lower trust in the Norwegian health care system than the Norwegians. In regression analysis, the trust in the values of the health care system was the most important predictor of COVID-19 vaccination attitudes in all three samples. A path model showed that trust in the values of the health care system mediated the effects of acculturation to Norway on COVID-19 vaccination attitudes among Polish immigrants. These results underline the importance of taking ethnic minorities and immigrants into account in the health care system to reduce COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35574266
doi: 10.1016/j.cresp.2022.100047
pii: S2666-6227(22)00014-4
pmc: PMC9077802
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
100047Informations de copyright
© 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
None.
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