COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among Temporary Foreign Workers from Bangladesh

The COVID-19 pandemic poses an extraordinary threat to the health, safety, and freedom of temporary foreign workers (TFWs). Highly effective vaccines against COVID-19 may hold an outsized benefit for TFWs, particularly those living in congregate settings where protective measures such as social dist...

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Autores principales:	Heidi West, Alexander Lawton, Shamim Hossain, A. H. M. Golam Mustafa, Abdur Razzaque, Randall Kuhn
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Publicado:	Taylor & Francis Group 2021
Materias:	covid-19 vaccine hesitancy migrants temporary foreign workers immigrant health Medicine (General) R5-920 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:1a388edd6c0f4e0f932d2035b341979a2021-11-17T14:22:00ZCOVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among Temporary Foreign Workers from Bangladesh2328-86042328-862010.1080/23288604.2021.1991550https://doaj.org/article/1a388edd6c0f4e0f932d2035b341979a2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23288604.2021.1991550https://doaj.org/toc/2328-8604https://doaj.org/toc/2328-8620The COVID-19 pandemic poses an extraordinary threat to the health, safety, and freedom of temporary foreign workers (TFWs). Highly effective vaccines against COVID-19 may hold an outsized benefit for TFWs, particularly those living in congregate settings where protective measures such as social distancing are not possible. While some studies of migrant destination countries have included migrants, no study to date has sought to understand variations in vaccine hesitancy among individuals in a single migrant source population across different destinations. Such a design is critical for understanding how the context of immigration affects levels of hesitancy among migrants from similar conditions of origin. This observational study leverages longitudinal data from an ongoing monthly rapid-response survey of TFWs from Bangladesh (n = 360). Overall vaccine hesitancy was 25%, with significant variation by host country. Multivariate analyses confirmed that immigration system factors and threat perception are the strongest predictors of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy for TFWs. The predicted probability of hesitancy for an undocumented TFW was 0.405, while the predicted probability for those with valid visas was 0.207 (p < .01). The probability of being hesitant for TFWs who were worried about getting COVID-19 was 0.129 compared to 0.305 (p < .01) for those who were not worried. Results reveal low vaccine hesitancy among TFWs from Bangladesh with differences in location, undocumented status, COVID-19 threat perception, and level of worry about side effects. There could be relatively high returns for targeting vaccine access and distribution to TFWs because of their high levels of vaccine acceptance.Heidi WestAlexander LawtonShamim HossainA. H. M. Golam MustafaAbdur RazzaqueRandall KuhnTaylor & Francis Grouparticlecovid-19vaccine hesitancymigrantstemporary foreign workersimmigrant healthMedicine (General)R5-920Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENHealth Systems & Reform, Vol 7, Iss 1 (2021)
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description	The COVID-19 pandemic poses an extraordinary threat to the health, safety, and freedom of temporary foreign workers (TFWs). Highly effective vaccines against COVID-19 may hold an outsized benefit for TFWs, particularly those living in congregate settings where protective measures such as social distancing are not possible. While some studies of migrant destination countries have included migrants, no study to date has sought to understand variations in vaccine hesitancy among individuals in a single migrant source population across different destinations. Such a design is critical for understanding how the context of immigration affects levels of hesitancy among migrants from similar conditions of origin. This observational study leverages longitudinal data from an ongoing monthly rapid-response survey of TFWs from Bangladesh (n = 360). Overall vaccine hesitancy was 25%, with significant variation by host country. Multivariate analyses confirmed that immigration system factors and threat perception are the strongest predictors of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy for TFWs. The predicted probability of hesitancy for an undocumented TFW was 0.405, while the predicted probability for those with valid visas was 0.207 (p < .01). The probability of being hesitant for TFWs who were worried about getting COVID-19 was 0.129 compared to 0.305 (p < .01) for those who were not worried. Results reveal low vaccine hesitancy among TFWs from Bangladesh with differences in location, undocumented status, COVID-19 threat perception, and level of worry about side effects. There could be relatively high returns for targeting vaccine access and distribution to TFWs because of their high levels of vaccine acceptance.
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title	COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among Temporary Foreign Workers from Bangladesh
title_short	COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among Temporary Foreign Workers from Bangladesh
title_full	COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among Temporary Foreign Workers from Bangladesh
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COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among Temporary Foreign Workers from Bangladesh

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