Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 W Watertown Plank Rd, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA.
, William & Mary, 101 Ukrop Way, Williamsburg, VA, 23186, USA.
BMC Public Health. 2023 Sep 11;23(1):1761. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-16696-3.
To make informed COVID-19 related decisions, individuals need information about their personal risks and how those risks may vary with specific demographic and health characteristics. The Fight COVID Milwaukee web-based risk assessment tool allows for assessment of COVID-19 mortality risk as a function of personal and neighborhood characteristics. The purpose of this study is to explore public understanding of this risk assessment tool and risk perception through community focus groups. Individuals were recruited from the general adult population in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA, to participate in nine online focus groups where the risk assessment tool was presented for feedback. Three main themes were identified in the focus groups regarding the web-based risk assessment tool: some challenges in accessibility, variable ease of understanding, and personal usefulness but uncertain value for others. This paper explores how members of the community interpret individual risk assessments and life expectancy estimations, and how these vary with age, gender, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and pre-existing comorbidities.
为了做出明智的与 COVID-19 相关的决策，个人需要了解他们的个人风险，以及这些风险如何因特定的人口统计学和健康特征而有所不同。“抗击密尔沃基新冠病毒”网络风险评估工具允许评估 COVID-19 死亡率风险，作为个人和社区特征的函数。本研究的目的是通过社区焦点小组探讨公众对这种风险评估工具和风险认知的理解。参与者从美国威斯康星州密尔沃基县的一般成年人群中招募，参加了九个在线焦点小组，在这些小组中介绍了风险评估工具以征求反馈意见。在焦点小组中确定了三个主题：一些在可访问性方面的挑战、理解难易程度的差异，以及个人的有用性但对其他人的价值不确定。本文探讨了社区成员如何解释个人风险评估和预期寿命估计，以及这些评估如何因年龄、性别、种族/族裔、社会经济地位和预先存在的合并症而有所不同。
