Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, Division of Prevention Sciences, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
J Infect Dis. 2020 Oct 13;222(10):1607-1611. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa554.
We investigated individual behaviors taken by white, African American, and Latino United States (US) households in response to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), and likelihood of using digital tools for symptom surveillance/reporting. We analyzed cross-sectional week 1 data (April 2020) of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Impact Survey in a large, nationally representative sample of US adults. In general, all groups engaged in the same prevention behaviors, but whites reported being more likely to use digital tools to report/act on symptoms and seek testing, compared with African Americans and Latinos. Individual behaviors may not explain COVID-19 case disparities, and digital tools for tracking should focus on uptake among race/ethnic minorities.
我们调查了美国白种人、非裔美国人和拉丁裔家庭在应对严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒 2 型(SARS-CoV-2)时采取的个人行为,以及使用数字工具进行症状监测/报告的可能性。我们分析了一项针对美国成年人的大型全国代表性样本的 2019 年冠状病毒病(COVID-19)影响调查的横断面第 1 周数据(2020 年 4 月)。一般来说,所有群体都采取了相同的预防措施,但与非裔美国人和拉丁裔人相比,白人报告更有可能使用数字工具报告/采取行动应对症状并寻求检测。个人行为可能无法解释 COVID-19 病例差异,用于跟踪的数字工具应侧重于少数族裔的接受程度。