Open AccessInequities in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Vaccination Rates Among Adolescents in Massachusetts: A Cross-sectional Study
Author(s) -
David X. Gao,
Lloyd D. Fisher,
Donald R. Miller,
Alan C. Geller
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases/clinical infectious diseases (online. university of chicago. press)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciac123
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , cross sectional study , coronavirus , vaccination , betacoronavirus , pandemic , coronavirus infections , pneumonia , virology , environmental health , disease , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has disproportionately affected more socioeconomically disadvantaged persons and areas. We sought to determine how certain sociodemographic factors were correlated to adolescents' COVID-19 vaccination rates in towns and cities ("communities") in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.