COVID-19 booster prioritization in the West Bank: a survey experiment among Bedouins, refugees, and the majority group

Frontiers in Public Health

Public Health

Ahmad Amro¹  Sarah Carol² 

[1] Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine;School of Sociology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland;Social Science Research Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany;

关键词: COVID-19;    vaccination;    West Bank;    solidarity;    religion;    intergroup attitudes;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2023.1227559

 received in 2023-05-24, accepted in 2023-08-22,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

IntroductionOur main aim is to understand to what extent Bedouins, internally displaced Palestinians (refugees) and majority-group members (non-refugees, non-Bedouins, settled) in the West Bank prioritize COVID-19 booster shots for their own group over other groups.MethodsWe conducted a survey experiment (face-to-face) among 678 Palestinians living in the West Bank. Participants randomly received a description of an older man (Bedouin, refugee, settled) and were asked to indicate to what extent this person should be prioritized for the booster shot. Respondents belonging to a minority saw the profile of an in-group member or a majority-group member, whereas majority-group members would see the profile of an in-group or one out-group member (Bedouin, Palestinian refugee).ResultsWe found slightly higher in-group preferences for Palestinian refugees when it came to vaccination, whereas majority-group members were less inclined to support a prioritization of Palestinian refugees but equally prioritized their group and Bedouins. For Bedouins, we did not find strong in-group preferences.DiscussionOur study reveals the salience of group boundaries during the COVID-19 pandemic with potentially adverse effects on the health care of minorities.

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