Intention to Vaccinate Against the Novel 2019 Coronavirus Disease: The Role of Health Locus of Control and Religiosity
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Intention to Vaccinate Against the Novel 2019 Coronavirus Disease: The Role of Health Locus of Control and Religiosity Ayokunle A. Olagoke1 · Olakanmi O. Olagoke2 · Ashley M. Hughes3,4 Accepted: 12 September 2020 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract The urgency to develop a vaccine against the 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19) has waxed stronger in speed, scale, and scope. However, wisdom dictates that we take a vantage position and start to examine the demographic predictors of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. The objective of this study was to examine the role of health locus of control (HLOC) in the relationship between religiosity and COVID-19 vaccination intention. In a cross-sectional survey (N = 501), we found a significantly negative association between religiosity and COVID-19 vaccination intention. This relationship was partially mediated by external HLOC. Collaborative efforts with religious institutions may influence COVID-19 vaccine uptake. Keywords Religiosity · Health Locus of Control · COVID-19 · Vaccination
Ayokunle Olagoke (MPH) founded Health Disseminate, a non-governmental organization on knowledge translation of public health research. She is a doctoral candidate at the Department of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Illinois, Chicago. She is the founder and Minister in Charge of Friends Bible Study, an online non-denominational group with over 5000 total attendance since 2019 (https://sites.google.com/site/icallufriendz/home?authuser=0). She has worked as a Media Consultant to the Johns Hopkins public health initiative in Africa, funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Her current project is the development of a Scriptureembedded message to improve human papillomavirus vaccination among religious parents. * Ayokunle A. Olagoke [email protected] 1
Division of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1603 W Taylor, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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Department of Internal Medicine, John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL, USA
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Department of Biomedical and Health Information Sciences, College of Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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Center of Innovations in Chronic and Complex Healthcare, Edward Hines JR VA Medical Center, Hines, IL, USA
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Journal of Religion and Health
Introduction The novel 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19) has expanded to over 170 countries (WHO 2020). As of April 13, 2020, there has been a report of 1,773,084 cases and 111,652 deaths globally, with the USA leading in the number of cases (CDC 2020). The devastating impacts of this pandemic on lives, healthcare systems, social wellbeing, and the economy have led to the introduction of several mitigating measures such as regional lockdown, hygiene promotion, social distancing, travel restrictions, and vaccine development research (Wilder-Smith and Freedman 2020). Although containment measures and prevalence estimations are necessar
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