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NIH R01 · 2024

Motivational Interviewing Training to Promote COVID-19 and Influenza Vaccination (MI-VAX): What Providers Need and Patients Want

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Declared a top ten threat to global health by the World Health Organization in 2019, vaccine hesitancy continues to be a major problem, as highlighted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 and influenza are both respiratory viral illnesses that result in a substantial number of vaccine-preventable illnesses, hospitalizations, and deaths due to suboptimal vaccine uptake in the United States (US). There are major disparities in COVID-19 and influenza vaccine uptake according to race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status. These disparities contribute to the disproportionately high burden of COVID-19 and influenza illness among these vulnerable populations, with…

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