Disparities and Trends in Routine Adult Vaccination Rates Among Disaggregated Asian American Subgroups, National Health Interview Survey 2006–2018
Published in AJPM Focus, 2023
Recommended citation: Ziqing Wang, Armaan Jamal, Ryan Wang, Shozen Dan, Shanthi Kappagoda, Gloria Kim, Latha Palaniappan, Jin Long, Jaiveer Singh, Malathi Srinivasan. "Disparities and Trends in Routine Adult Vaccination Rates Among Disaggregated Asian American Subgroups, National Health Interview Survey 2006–2018." AJPM Focus Volume 2, Issue 1 (2023), 100044, ISSN 2773-0654. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2773065422000426?via%3Dihub
In this paper, we examined National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data from 2015–18 to analyse the vaccination patterns, factors, and trends of Chinese, Asian Indian, Filipino, other Asian, and non-Hispanic White adults (n=253,626) for seven vaccines recommended by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. We found that Asian Americans have lower rates of some routine vaccines than non-Hispanic Whites, foreign-born Asian Americans have lower vaccination rates than their U.S.-born counterparts, and vaccination rates and trends vary significantly among Asian subgroups. Thus, culturally-targeted public health interventions may improve vaccination rates.
Ziqing Wang, Armaan Jamal, Ryan Wang, Shozen Dan, Shanthi Kappagoda, Gloria Kim, Latha Palaniappan, Jin Long, Jaiveer Singh, Malathi Srinivasan. “Disparities and Trends in Routine Adult Vaccination Rates Among Disaggregated Asian American Subgroups, National Health Interview Survey 2006–2018.” AJPM Focus Volume 2, Issue 1 (2023), 100044, ISSN 2773-0654. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.focus.2022.100044. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2773065422000426)