Intersectional Immunity? Examining How Race/Ethnicity and Sexual Orientation Combine to Shape Influenza Vaccination among US Adults.

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dc.contributor.advisorGorman, Bridget Ken_US
dc.creatorWilkins, Kiana kristineen_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-04T15:54:53Zen_US
dc.date.available2022-10-04T15:54:53Zen_US
dc.date.created2022-05en_US
dc.date.issued2022-02-23en_US
dc.date.submittedMay 2022en_US
dc.date.updated2022-10-04T15:54:54Zen_US
dc.description.abstractInfluenza vaccination is a critical preventive healthcare behavior designed to prevent spread of the seasonal flu. In this paper, I contribute to existing scholarship by applying an intersectional perspective to examine how influenza vaccination, a crucial preventive health behavior, differs across the specific intersections of racial/ethnic and sexual identity. My analysis begins with logistic regression model among the pooled sample (all 18 racial/ethnic and sexual orientation groups), and following I run models stratified first by sexual orientation, and then by racial/ethnic identity, to further examine patterns of flu vaccination across the intersections of sexual and racial/ethnic identity. Drawing on aggregated state-level data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) from 2011-2018, findings from pooled models three key findings emerge. First, findings both confirm previous understandings of influenza vaccination (e.g., lower vaccination among black adults, relative to whites, but found only among heterosexuals; gays/lesbians reporting higher vaccination relative to heterosexuals for certain groups; bisexuals having lower vaccination status in select racial ethnic groups), second, my findings also challenge these previous vaccination patterns (e.g. Asian bisexuals vaccinating more than both heterosexuals and gays/lesbians, and certain racial/ethnic gays/lesbians having a disadvantage in influenza vaccination), and third, results pinpoint most vulnerable intersectional groups in need of influenza vaccination outreach.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationWilkins, Kiana kristine. "Intersectional Immunity? Examining How Race/Ethnicity and Sexual Orientation Combine to Shape Influenza Vaccination among US Adults.." (2022) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/113476">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/113476</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/113476en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectIntersectionalityen_US
dc.subjectinfluenza vaccinationen_US
dc.titleIntersectional Immunity? Examining How Race/Ethnicity and Sexual Orientation Combine to Shape Influenza Vaccination among US Adults.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentSociologyen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineSocial Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen_US
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