Health Department reports findings from COVID-19 vaccine survey
REGION – As COVID-19 vaccination rates declined across District Health Department #10’s jurisdiction, a survey was created to understand vaccine hesitancy within the communities and to increase vaccination rates.
This survey allowed participants to identify their main concerns about receiving the vaccine or identify concerns they may have heard from others in the community.
The survey was sent out to the public around the first of May 2021. Nearly 300 responses were received within the first week of sharing the survey, with a grand total of 349 responses received when the survey closed at the end of May. Approximately two-thirds of respondents had already received the vaccine but were willing to share what they heard in their community about why others were not receiving the vaccine. Approximately one-third of respondents had yet to be vaccinated. The following is a snapshot of the responses received from the survey:
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