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211 A Machine Learning Approach to Reduce Disparities in Compliance with Public Health Interventions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 April 2024

Gillian Franklin
Affiliation:
University at Buffalo
Peter L. Elkin
Affiliation:
University at Buffalo
Syed Rahman
Affiliation:
University at Buffalo
Brian Benson
Affiliation:
University at Buffalo
Xiamara Brooks
Affiliation:
Buffalo State University
Gene Morse
Affiliation:
Buffalo State University
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Abstract

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OBJECTIVES/GOALS: To establish the root causes of vaccine hesitancy in populations who have less equitable access to health and healthcare services, and experience healthcare inequities, related to the environmental and social determinants of health, through community engagement and conversations, collaboration, circulation, and communication. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: Existing data from a cross-sectional survey, vaccine hesitancy (VH) parent study, entitled 'Western New York (WNY) COVID-19 Collaborative to Promote Vaccine Acceptance,' conducted July to November 2022, after IRB approval, will be qualitatively analyzed. In the parent study, surveys were administered in WNY community congregations and community centers to individuals that historically have less equitable access to healthcare resources and may encounter health and healthcare disparities. Minorities, in urban and rural areas, age eighteen and older were identified through the NYS Department of Health’s Immunization Information System for daily vaccination rates. A qualitative analysis, promoting fact base HL, and building an inferential statical machine learning tool are the next steps. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: We anticipate the results to show an interplay of multiple factors, including personal, cultural, historical, social, and political, and varies depending on circumstances of time, place, and the type of vaccine being offered. Additionally, a lack of awareness or understanding of vulnerabilities and seriousness of vaccine-preventable diseases, lack of trust in health care providers, social norms, distrust of the healthcare system, biomedical research, and government policy, limited knowledge and understanding of vaccine safety and efficacy, and fear/uncomfortable with needles, as well as the less addressed environmental and social determinants of health associated with racial/ethnic minorities in communities with limited resources may also contribute to VH and less favorable health outcomes. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE: Identifying people who historically have less equitable access to healthcare resources and may be more likely to resist healthcare services, due to distrust in the system is important. Creating and evaluating an innovative tool to predict refusal of public health interventions is essential to avoid spreading preventable diseases.

Type
Health Equity and Community Engagement
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© The Author(s), 2024. The Association for Clinical and Translational Science