Black and Latinx Community Perspectives on COVID-19 Mitigation Behaviors, Testing, and Vaccines.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Black and Latinx communities have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, yet little work has sought to understand their perspectives.

Objective

To explore the experiences of Black and Latinx communities during the pandemic to better understand their perspectives on COVID-19 mitigation behaviors (eg, mask wearing), testing, and vaccines.

Design, setting, and participants

In this community-engaged qualitative study conducted with 18 community-based organizations and 4 health care organizations between November 19, 2020, and February 5, 2021, in New Jersey counties severely affected by the pandemic, group and individual interviews were used to purposively sample 111 Black and Latinx individuals. A total of 13 group interviews were organized

SUBMITTER: Jimenez ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8283554 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature