 This study investigated how the health belief model, HBM, can be used to explain why people are reluctant to get the COVID-19 vaccine. It found that the model's four main constructs, perceived barriers, perceived benefits, perceived susceptibility, and cues to action were all related to vaccine hesitancy. Additionally, gender, age, education level, geographic location, occupation, income, employment, marital status, race slash ethnicity, and prior diagnosis of COVID-19 were also found to be factors influencing vaccine hesitancy. Overall, this study suggests that the HBM can be used to understand why people may not want to get the COVID-19 vaccine. This article was authored by Yambi Limbu, Rajesh K. Gautam and Long Fam.