Characteristics Associated With a Previous COVID-19 Diagnosis, Vaccine Uptake, and Intention to Be Vaccinated Among Essential Workers in the US Household Pulse Survey

Steege, Andrea L.; Luckhaupt, Sara E.; Guerin, Rebecca J.; Okun, Andrea H.; Hung, Mei-Chuan; Syamlal, Girija; Lu, Peng–jun; Santibanez, Tammy A.; Groenewold, Matthew R.; Billock, Rachael M; Singleton, James A.; Sweeney, Marie Haring

doi:10.2105/ajph.2022.307010

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“…Other studies have assessed vaccine uptake, intent to vaccinate, attitudes and perceptions toward the vaccine, and barriers to uptake among varying sectors of essential workers, particularly those in healthcare. To our knowledge, however, no large-scale COVID-19 vaccine-related studies or surveillance has focused solely on FS essential workers (Henneberger et al, 2022;King et al, 2021;Nguyen et al, 2021;Schneider et al, 2021;Steege et al, 2022).…”

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J. Agric. Food Syst. Community Dev.

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Disparities in COVID-19 vaccine uptake, attitudes, and experiences between food system and non–food system essential workers

Smarsh,

Yankey,

Hung

et al. 2024

J. Agric. Food Syst. Community Dev.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected the health of food system (FS) essential workers compared with other essential and non-essential workers. Even greater disparity exists for workers in certain FS work settings and for certain FS worker subpopulations. We analyzed essential worker respondents (n = 151,789) in May–November 2021 data from the National Immunization Survey Adult COVID Module (NIS-ACM) to assess and characterize COVID-19 vaccination uptake (≥1 dose) and intent (reachable, reluctant), attitudes about COVID-19 and the vaccine, and experiences and difficulties getting the vaccine. We compared rates, overall and by certain characteristics, between workers of the same group, and between FS (n = 17,414) and non–food system (NFS) worker groups (n = 134,375), to determine if differences exist. FS worker groups were classified as “agriculture, forestry, fishing, or hunting” (AFFH; n = 2,730); “food manufacturing facility” (FMF; n = 3,495); and “food and beverage store” (FBS; n = 11,189). Compared with NFS workers, significantly lower percentages of FS workers reported >1 dose of COVID-19 vaccine or vaccine requirements at work or school, but overall vaccine experiences and difficulties among vaccinated FS workers were statistically similar to NFS workers. When we examined intent regarding COVID-19 vaccination among unvaccinated FS workers compared with NFS counterparts, we found a higher percentage of FMF and FBS workers were reachable whereas a higher percentage of AFFH workers were reluctant about vaccination, with differences by sociodemographic characteristics. Overall, results showed differences in uptake, intent, and attitudes between worker groups and by some sociodemographic characteristics. The findings reflect the diversity of FS workers and underscore the importance of collecting occupational data to assess health inequalities and of tailoring efforts to worker groups to improve confidence and uptake of vaccinations for infectious diseases such as COVID-19. The findings can inform future research, adult infectious disease interventions, and emergency management planning.

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“…There are major work‐related differences in the risk of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection and death, but there have been few analyses of infection rates across industry groups 4,5 . Although industry differences in the risk of symptomatic COVID‐19 and death among workers have been documented, 6–8 reports of infection rates by industry are lacking. In workplaces where people work near others, such as manufacturing, transportation, and education, clusters of COVID‐19 were commonly reported 9 .…”

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“…In workplaces where people work near others, such as manufacturing, transportation, and education, clusters of COVID‐19 were commonly reported 9 . A higher risk was also found among healthcare workers and other public‐facing worker groups 5,8,10 . Individual states have published data on work‐related incidence of COVID‐19, 11,12 and a national analysis reported seroprevalence of SARS‐CoV‐2 by occupation 13 .…”

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Prevalence of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection among US blood donors by industry, May–December 2021

Shi,

McDonald,

Shah

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American J Industrial Med

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BackgroundWork is a social determinant of health that is often overlooked. There are major work‐related differences in the risk of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2) infection and death, but there have been few analyses of infection rates across industry groups. To date, only one national assessment of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection prevalence by industry based on self‐report has been completed. No study has looked at seroprevalence of COVID‐19 by industry.MethodsDuring May–December 2021, blood donors with SARS‐CoV‐2 antinucleocapsid testing were sent an electronic survey about their work. Free‐text industry responses were classified using the North American Industry Classification System. We estimated seroprevalence and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection by industry.ResultsOf 57,726 donors, 7040 (12%, 95% CI: 11.9%−12.5%) had prior SARS‐CoV‐2 infection. Seroprevalence was highest among Accommodation & Food Services (19.3%, 95% CI: 17.1%−21.6%), Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction (19.2%, 95% CI: 12.8%−27.8%), Healthcare & Social Assistance (15.6%, 95% CI: 14.9%−16.4%), and Construction (14.7%, 95% CI: 13.1%−16.3%). Seroprevalence was lowest among Management of Companies & Enterprises (6.5%, 95% CI: 3.5%−11.5%), Professional Scientific & Technical Services (8.4%, 95% CI: 7.7%−9.0%), and Information (9.9%, 95% CI: 8.5%−11.5%).ConclusionsWhile workers in all industries had serologic evidence of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection, certain sectors were disproportionately impacted. Disease surveillance systems should routinely collect work characteristics so public health and industry leaders can address health disparities using sector‐specific policies.

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Characteristics Associated With a Previous COVID-19 Diagnosis, Vaccine Uptake, and Intention to Be Vaccinated Among Essential Workers in the US Household Pulse Survey

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Prevalence of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection among US blood donors by industry, May–December 2021

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