Centre of Diaconia and Professional Practice, VID Specialized University, P.O. Box 184, Vinderen, 0319 Oslo, Norway.
Faculty of Health Sciences, OsloMet-Oslo Metropolitan University, P.O. Box 4, St. Olavs Plass, 0130 Oslo, Norway.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Jul 20;20(14):6421. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20146421.
When the COVID-19 virus hit the world, immigrants were overrepresented among those infected. In Norway, throughout the pandemic, there were far higher infection rates in people of Somali and Pakistani descent than in the rest of the population. The first aim of this study is to explore the experiences and perceptions of immigrants from Somalia and Pakistan living in Oslo regarding the different sources of COVID-19 information that they referred to at the beginning of the pandemic. The second aim is to suggest and discuss measures to improve practice in the event of a new pandemic. Four semi-structured focus-group interviews were conducted with a total of 27 first-generation immigrants from Somalia and Pakistan. The results showed that the immigrants found various COVID-19 information sources to be important. These sources are further presented in three categories: (1) COVID-19 information from the authorities through mass communication; (2) family, friends, and local environments as sources of information; (3) information from religious communities and volunteer resource personnel. We conclude that the participants were active users of available information from different sources and channels. Stigmatization made a negative contribution and religion made a positive contribution to coping and to trust in the authorities.
当 COVID-19 病毒席卷全球时，感染人群中移民的比例过高。在挪威，整个疫情期间，索马里裔和巴基斯坦裔人群的感染率远高于其他人群。本研究的首要目的是探索生活在奥斯陆的来自索马里和巴基斯坦的移民在疫情初期对不同 COVID-19 信息来源的体验和看法。其次是提出并讨论在发生新的大流行时改善实践的措施。共进行了 4 次由 27 名第一代索马里和巴基斯坦移民参加的半结构式焦点小组访谈。结果表明，移民认为各种 COVID-19 信息来源都很重要。这些来源进一步分为三类：(1) 大众传播机构的 COVID-19 信息；(2) 家庭、朋友和当地环境的信息来源；(3) 宗教社区和志愿者资源人员的信息。我们的结论是，参与者积极利用来自不同来源和渠道的现有信息。污名化产生了负面影响，而宗教对应对和信任当局产生了积极影响。
