A new study analyzed interviews with workers at all levels to identify reasons for vaccine hesitancy. Among the findings:
- In racial and ethnic minority groups, vaccine concerns and hesitancy were affected more by perceptions of institutional and structural discrimination.
- Minority employees have fears and suspicions of being pressured or forced by their employer to be vaccinated.
- Efforts to improve vaccination rates among racial and ethnic minority healthcare staff need to include recognition of the power of current and historical societal processes/structures that discriminated against marginalized communities in the past.
