Cultural factors influencing COVID-19-related perceptions and behavior, seen from immigrants' own perspective - a qualitative study in Norway.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cultural factors are often mentioned as a possible explanation for the observed differences between immigrant populations compared to general populations with regards to COVID-19 disease burden and vaccination rates, but usually without any further exploration of what this entails. This paper aims to capture the thoughts of immigrants themselves and explore how they think culture may or may not have affected vaccination rates and health behavior during the pandemic.

Methods

We performed qualitative interviews with 18 immigrants from Poland, Somalia and Sri Lanka living in Norway. Group interviews and individual interviews were transcribed and analyzed using systematic text condensation.

Results

We identified four main themes the participants thought could i

SUBMITTER: Vederhus S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11264612 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature