Barriers to and strategies to address COVID-19 testing hesitancy: a rapid scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Testing is a foundational component of any COVID-19 management strategy; however, emerging evidence suggests that barriers and hesitancy to COVID-19 testing may affect uptake or participation and often these are multiple and intersecting factors that may vary across population groups. To this end, Health Canada's COVID-19 Testing and Screening Expert Advisory Panel commissioned this rapid review in January 2021 to explore the available evidence in this area. The aim of this rapid review was to identify barriers to COVID-19 testing and strategies used to mitigate these barriers.

Methods

Searches (completed January 8, 2021) were conducted in MEDLINE, Scopus, medRxiv/bioRxiv, Cochrane and online grey literature sources to identify publications that described barriers

SUBMITTER: Embrett M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9008387 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature