Authors: Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI)

Publication Year: 2021

Last Updated: 2021-01-29

Journal: Urban Indian Health Institute

Keywords: American Indian, Indigenous, Survey, COVID-19

Abstract:

American Indian and Alaska Native people continue to be disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. And with the emergence of several COVID-19 vaccines, there has been an urgent need for information on the knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs among American Indians and Alaska Natives regarding the vaccines.

Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI) conducted a survey with 1,435 American Indians and Alaska Natives across the United States, with participants representing 318 different tribes across 46 states. The survey asked 49 questions ranging from an individual’s willingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccine to the people they trusted most when making informed decisions.

The analyses and recommendations presented in this report can be used to inform the development and delivery of culturally attuned COVID-19 vaccination campaigns, education materials, and programs tailored to American Indian and Alaska Native communities.

Indigenous communities have unique perspectives and needs. They make decisions for the health of their communities and rely on trusted messengers, which this data shows. As COVID-19 continues to devastate Native communities, data-informed education is needed in order for people to make decisions about their participation in a COVID-19 vaccine. 

Source: Link to Original Article.

Source: https://www.uihi.org/projects/strengthening-vaccine-efforts-in-indian-country/