Barriers and facilitating factors for COVID-19 vaccination in rural appalachia
The challenges to and opportunities for improving COVID-19 vaccination uptake identified here can inform vaccination education, distribution, and policy efforts in both Appalachian Kentucky and other communities with similar characteristics.
Authors
- Rachel Gillespie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1860-6652)
- Kathryn Cardarelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6695-7671)
- Anna Hoover (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3996-3571)
- Diane B. Francis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8603-3046)
- Marc T. Kiviniemi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1299-8416)
Institutions
- Northeastern University (US)
- University of Louisville (US)
- University of Kentucky (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-10-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24484-4
- Primary Topic
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Georgia Clinical and Translational Science Alliance
- National Institutes of Health
- Center for Clinical and Translational Science, University of Kentucky
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities