Journal of general internal medicine
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Vaccine hesitancy, especially related to COVID-19 vaccinations among Veterans, may limit uptake. Behaviorally informed text-based messages have the potential to improve uptake of COVID-19 vaccinations. ⋯ During the initial phases of vaccine roll-out, two behaviorally informed text messages did not increase COVID-19 vaccination rates among Veterans compared to a standard scheduling message.
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Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is underutilized among those with lower socioeconomic status and in racial and ethnic minoritized populations who have been disproportionately impacted by COVID. ⋯ Among privately insured individuals, CRC screening after the COVID pandemic recovered unevenly based on sex, area-level socioeconomic measures, and metropolitan area status, with pre-pandemic disparities persisting and even worsening for some of the factors.