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Last published 2025
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Morgan Gurel‐Headley

Researcher

Also affiliated: eHealth Initiative (2022)

Faculty Researcher

7 h-index 14 pubs 234 cited

  • COVID-19
  • COVID-19 Vaccines
  • Humans
  • Adult
  • Vaccination
  • Influenza, Human
  • Arkansas
  • Female
  • Male
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • United States
  • Pandemics
  • Telemedicine
  • Health Communication
  • Influenza Vaccines

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Morgan Gurel‐Headley's research focuses on understanding factors influencing vaccination decisions and healthcare access, particularly within the context of public health challenges in Arkansas. Her work examines hesitancy towards COVID-19 vaccines, exploring trusted information sources and facilitators to vaccination among hesitant individuals. Gurel‐Headley also investigates delayed healthcare seeking behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic and the role of telehealth experiences.

Her research extends to the associations between sociodemographic factors, healthcare access, and vaccination patterns, including influenza vaccination. Gurel‐Headley's publications also address experiences of racial discrimination as a predictor of general vaccine hesitancy. She has a h-index of 7 with 221 citations across 14 publications, and collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Don E. Willis, Sharon Reece, Ramey Moore, and Sheena CarlLee.

Metrics

  • h-index: 7
  • Publications: 14
  • Citations: 234

Selected Publications

  • Corrigendum to “Social processes, practical issues, and COVID-19 vaccination among hesitant adults” [Vaccine 41(35) (2023) 5150–5158]. (2025)
    Vaccine DOI OpenAlex
  • Corrigendum to “Correlates of COVID-19 vaccine coverage in Arkansas: Results from a weighted random sample survey” [Vaccine 41(41) (2023) 6120–6126] (2025)
    Vaccine DOI OpenAlex
  • “Every Time It Comes Time for Another Shot, It’s a Re-Evaluation”: A Qualitative Study of Intent to Receive COVID-19 Boosters among Parents Who Were Hesitant Adopters of the COVID-19 Vaccine (2024)
    Vaccines 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • COVID-19 Booster Uptake: Are Hesitant Adopters Less Likely to Get a Booster Shot Than Nonhesitant Adopters? (2023)
    Behavioral Medicine 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Correlates of COVID-19 vaccine coverage in Arkansas: Results from a weighted random sample survey (2023)
    Vaccine 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Key Conversations and Trusted Information Among Hesitant Adopters of the COVID-19 Vaccine (2023)
    Journal of Health Communication 12 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Social processes, practical issues, and COVID-19 vaccination among hesitant adults (2023)
    Vaccine 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Healthcare Access and Experiences of Racial Discrimination as Predictors of General Vaccine Hesitancy (2023)
    Vaccines 13 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Associations between Influenza Vaccination and Health Care Access among Adults in the United States (2023)
    Vaccines 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Hesitant adopters: An examination of hesitancy among adults in Arkansas who have taken the <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 vaccine (2022)
    Clinical and Translational Science 14 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • “I am hesitant to visit the doctor unless absolutely necessary”: A qualitative study of delayed care, avoidance of care, and telehealth experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic (2022)
    Medicine 34 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Associations between 5-year influenza vaccination and sociodemographic factors and healthcare access among Arkansans (2022)
    Vaccine 9 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Facilitators to vaccination among hesitant adopters (2021)
    Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics 40 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Trusted Sources of COVID-19 Vaccine Information among Hesitant Adopters in the United States (2021)
    Vaccines 87 citations DOI OpenAlex

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