Department of Management and Public Policy, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel.
Conflict Management & Resolution Program, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Sep 10;18(18):9563. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18189563.
Following the worldwide outbreak of COVID-19, policymakers have been occupied with the questions of whether and how to specially address unique cultural groups coping with the pandemic. This study aimed to evaluate the potential for a culturally tailored approach to the transmission of health messages in a time of crisis among two minority populations within Israeli society: the Ultra-Orthodox population and the Arab population. To that end, 380 individuals from Israeli Ultra-Orthodox society and 360 individuals from Israeli Arab society completed a self-reported questionnaire in early April 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings of this study reveal differences between these groups in terms of the effectiveness of different channels for conveying messages and the channels that were preferred, as well as significant relationships between community sense of coherence and the study variables. We found that advocacy and motivation based on values, on the one hand, and recognition of the effectiveness of a culturally tailored approach, on the other, may be the best approach for persuading members of minority populations, who belong to collectivist societies, to comply with epidemic-control instructions.
在 COVID-19 全球爆发之后，政策制定者一直在思考是否以及如何专门针对应对疫情的独特文化群体采取特殊措施。本研究旨在评估在危机时期针对以色列社会中的两个少数群体（极端正统派和阿拉伯群体）进行量身定制的健康信息传播方法的潜力。为此，2020 年 4 月初，380 名以色列极端正统派社会成员和 360 名以色列阿拉伯社会成员完成了一份自我报告问卷，当时正处于 COVID-19 大流行之中。本研究的结果表明，在传递信息的不同渠道的有效性以及首选渠道方面，这些群体之间存在差异，同时社区凝聚力感与研究变量之间存在显著关系。我们发现，一方面基于价值观的倡导和激励，另一方面对量身定制方法有效性的认可，可能是说服属于集体主义社会的少数群体成员遵守传染病控制指令的最佳方法。
