"In our culture, if you quarantine someone, you stigmatize them": Qualitative insights on barriers to observing COVID-19 prevention behaviors in Cote d'Ivoire.

ABSTRACT: While vaccines are now authorized for use against the SARS-CoV2 virus, they remain inaccessible for much of the world and widespread hesitancy persists. Ending the COVID-19 pandemic depends on continued prevention behaviors such as mask wearing, distancing, hand hygiene, and limiting large gatherings. Research in low- and middle-income countries has focused on the prevalence of adherence and demographic determinants, but there is a need for a nuanced understanding of why people do or do not practice a given prevention behavior. The Breakthrough ACTION project led by Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs conducted a qualitative study in November 2020 in Côte d'Ivoire to explore people's experience with and perceptions of the COVID-19 pandemic. We conducted 24 focus group discussio

SUBMITTER: Tibbels NJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10022382 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature