COVID-19 prevention behaviors, trust, and intent to vaccinate among youth at risk for HIV.

COVID-19 prevention behaviors, trust, and intent to vaccinate among youth at risk for HIV.

Blog Article

The current study examines COVID-19 prevention behaviors and vaccine intentions among 83 youth at high risk for HIV.Most youth self-identified as Latinx (52%), cisgender men (84%), and homosexual (66%).Youth self-reported COVID-19 prevention behaviors and intentions to vaccinate.

Participants Hardware Glue reported wearing face masks, washing hands, and staying six feet apart, but fewer reported leaving home Turners only for essential needs.About one-third reported that they would not get a vaccine, and lack of trust in their doctors and the government were significantly associated with non-intention.To improve efforts towards herd immunity, interventions to improve health messaging from trusted sources for at-risk youth may be necessary to achieve higher vaccine uptake.