Department of Public Health Education, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, United States of America.
Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2024 Mar 7;19(3):e0296812. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0296812. eCollection 2024.
BACKGROUND: Latine communities in the United States have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19. It is critical to gain a better understanding of the sociocultural determinants that challenge and facilitate COVID-19 testing, vaccination, and booster uptake within these vulnerable communities to inform culturally congruent strategies and interventions. METHODS: In summer 2022, our community-based participatory research partnership conducted 30 key informant interviews and 7 focus groups with 64 Spanish-speaking Latine participants in North Carolina. Interviewees consisted of representatives from health and service organizations, most of whom were engaged with direct service to Spanish speakers. Interviews were conducted in either English or Spanish, depending on the preference of the participant; all focus groups were conducted in Spanish. Interviews and focus groups were conducted in person or by videoconference. RESULTS: Twenty themes emerged that we organize into four domains: general perceptions about COVID-19; barriers to COVID-19 testing, vaccination, and booster uptake; facilitators to COVID-19 testing, vaccination, and booster uptake; and recommendations to promote testing, vaccination, and booster uptake. DISCUSSION: Results underscore important sociocultural determinants of ongoing COVID-19 testing, vaccination, and booster uptake to consider in developing interventions for Spanish-speaking Latines in the United States. Based on this formative work, our partnership developed Nuestra Comunidad Saludable (Our Healthy Community). We are implementing the intervention to test whether trained peer navigators can increase COVID-19 testing, vaccination, and booster uptake among Spanish-speaking Latines through blending in-person interactions and mHealth (mobile health) strategies using social media.
背景:美国的拉丁裔社区受到 COVID-19 的不成比例的影响。了解挑战和促进这些脆弱社区 COVID-19 检测、疫苗接种和加强针接种的社会文化决定因素至关重要,以便为这些社区提供有文化共鸣的策略和干预措施。
方法:在 2022 年夏天,我们的社区参与式研究伙伴关系在北卡罗来纳州进行了 30 次关键知情人访谈和 7 次焦点小组讨论,共有 64 名讲西班牙语的拉丁裔参与者参与。受访者包括来自卫生和服务组织的代表,其中大多数人都直接为讲西班牙语的人提供服务。访谈可以用英语或西班牙语进行,具体取决于参与者的偏好;所有焦点小组都用西班牙语进行。访谈和焦点小组可以亲自进行或通过视频会议进行。
结果:出现了 20 个主题,我们将其组织成四个领域:对 COVID-19 的一般看法;COVID-19 检测、疫苗接种和加强针接种的障碍;促进 COVID-19 检测、疫苗接种和加强针接种的因素;以及促进检测、疫苗接种和加强针接种的建议。
讨论:结果强调了美国西班牙语裔持续进行 COVID-19 检测、疫苗接种和加强针接种的重要社会文化决定因素,这些因素在制定针对西班牙语裔的干预措施时需要考虑。基于这项基础工作,我们的合作伙伴开发了 Nuestra Comunidad Saludable(我们健康的社区)。我们正在实施该干预措施,以测试经过培训的同行导航员是否可以通过混合面对面互动和使用社交媒体的移动健康(移动健康)策略来提高西班牙语裔的 COVID-19 检测、疫苗接种和加强针接种率。
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