NIH R01 · 2024
Alaska Native Communities Advancing Vaccine Uptake
PROJECT SUMMARY Alaska Native and American Indian (ANAI) communities are experiencing a disproportionate share of SARS- CoV-2 infection and its sequelae in the US. As of September 2021, ANAI people had a cumulative incidence of 9,256 COVID-19 cases per 100,000, compared with 5,445 among non-Hispanic Whites. The current rate of COVID-19 associated deaths per 100,000 population is 220 among ANAI people, compared with 137 among non-Hispanic Whites. Widespread vaccination remains the best strategy to control COVID-19 morbidity and mortality, but the US has one of the lowest vaccine acceptance rates in the world with wide regional variability. Little research has attempted to understand or…
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