Motivational Interviewing for Vaccine Uptake in Latinx Adults

Launched by BOSTON COLLEGE · Sep 25, 2023

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ClinConnect Summary

Prior to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the World Health Organization declared vaccine hesitancy, defined as a delay in the acceptance or refusal of vaccination despite availability of vaccination services, as one of the top 10 threats to global health. Today, despite massive recent and ongoing global efforts, vaccine hesitancy remains a major threat, particularly in populations that experience health disparities rooted in structural racism. One such population is Hispanic/Latinx adults (Latinxs). Prior to the national COVID-19 vaccine campaign, Latinxs had twice the rate of C...

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Eligibility criteria

• Patient Inclusion Criteria:
• • Aged 18 years and older
• • Identifies as Latinx
• • Completed an eligible behavioral health (BH) visit between the start and end dates of the intervention period.
• • Patient is missing a COVID-19 vaccine/booster or the influenza vaccine at the beginning of their behavioral health visit (i.e., they are not fully up to date with their COVID-19 and influenza vaccines)
• Patient Exclusion Criteria:
• • - NA