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What The Study Did: In this qualitative study, 70 participants from racial and ethnic minority communities in Los Angeles County described a complex vaccination decision-making process influenced by misinformation and politicization, deep apprehension related to historical inequity and mistreatment, access barriers related to social disadvantage,
and a need for community engagement and trusted messengers.
Authors: Savanna L. Carson, Ph.D., of the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, is the corresponding author.
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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.27582)
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