African Americans views of COVID-19 contact tracing and testing

Increasing COVID-testing and contact tracing is necessary to control the COVID-19 pandemic considering suboptimal vaccine rates. We conducted semi-structured interviews to explore views towards contact tracing and testing among 62 African Americans. Based on our findings, participants identified COV...

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Autores principales: Kas-Osoka, Chioma, Moss, Jamal, Alexander, Leah, Davis, Jamaine, Parham, Imari, Barre, Iman, Cunningham-Erves, Jennifer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. 2022
Materias:
Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8898856/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35263614
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2022.02.032
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Sumario:Increasing COVID-testing and contact tracing is necessary to control the COVID-19 pandemic considering suboptimal vaccine rates. We conducted semi-structured interviews to explore views towards contact tracing and testing among 62 African Americans. Based on our findings, participants identified COVID-19 testing and contact tracing as beneficial, yet medical and governmental mistrust, stigma associated with SARS-CoV-2, lack of access, poor communication, and costs as major barriers. This study also highlights intervention targets to improve COVID-testing and contact tracing.

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