Vaccination for COVID-19 among historically underserved Latino communities in the United States: Perspectives of community health workers
A critical step to reduce the spread of COVID-19 is vaccination. We conducted a mixed methods project that used online surveys and focus groups with 64 Community Health Workers and Promotor/as (CHW/Ps) located near the U.S.-Mexico border to identify barriers and facilitators to COVID-19 vaccination...
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| author | Luz M. Garcini Luz M. Garcini Luz M. Garcini Luz M. Garcini Arlynn M. Ambriz Alejandro L. Vázquez Cristina Abraham Vyas Sarabu Ciciya Abraham Autumn K. Lucas-Marinelli Sarah Lill Joel Tsevat Joel Tsevat Joel Tsevat |
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| description | A critical step to reduce the spread of COVID-19 is vaccination. We conducted a mixed methods project that used online surveys and focus groups with 64 Community Health Workers and Promotor/as (CHW/Ps) located near the U.S.-Mexico border to identify barriers and facilitators to COVID-19 vaccination among Latino communities that have been historically underrepresented and medically underserved. Overall, personal barriers to vaccination included mistrust of manufacturers and administrators as well as fear of: becoming infected from the vaccine, discrimination/stigmatization from healthcare professionals administering the vaccine, exploitation/manipulation by the government or health authorities, and having personal information mishandled. Environmental and community barriers included being undocumented and fear-inducing myths and beliefs. Additional barriers included limited information and logistics pertaining to vaccination access. Targeted efforts are needed to overcome barriers in a culturally and contextually sensitive manner to prevent harm and reduce risk of infection among communities that have been historically underrepresented. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9e448ea27ff74660b9e602f88ce6a9082022-12-22T03:33:01ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652022-10-011010.3389/fpubh.2022.969370969370Vaccination for COVID-19 among historically underserved Latino communities in the United States: Perspectives of community health workersLuz M. Garcini0Luz M. Garcini1Luz M. Garcini2Luz M. Garcini3Arlynn M. Ambriz4Alejandro L. Vázquez5Cristina Abraham6Vyas Sarabu7Ciciya Abraham8Autumn K. Lucas-Marinelli9Sarah Lill10Joel Tsevat11Joel Tsevat12Joel Tsevat13Center for Research to Advance Community Health (ReACH), University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United StatesDepartment of Medicine, Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United StatesDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United StatesBaker Institute Center for the United States and Mexico, Rice University, Houston, TX, United StatesDepartment of Medicine, Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United StatesDepartment of Psychology, Utah State University, Logan, UT, United StatesDepartment of Sciences, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United StatesDepartment of Medicine, Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United StatesDepartment of Sciences, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United StatesDepartment of Psychology, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX, United StatesCenter for Research to Advance Community Health (ReACH), University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United StatesCenter for Research to Advance Community Health (ReACH), University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United StatesDepartment of Medicine, Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United StatesDepartment of Population Health and Internal Medicine, Dell Medical School, University of Texas, Austin, TX, United StatesA critical step to reduce the spread of COVID-19 is vaccination. We conducted a mixed methods project that used online surveys and focus groups with 64 Community Health Workers and Promotor/as (CHW/Ps) located near the U.S.-Mexico border to identify barriers and facilitators to COVID-19 vaccination among Latino communities that have been historically underrepresented and medically underserved. Overall, personal barriers to vaccination included mistrust of manufacturers and administrators as well as fear of: becoming infected from the vaccine, discrimination/stigmatization from healthcare professionals administering the vaccine, exploitation/manipulation by the government or health authorities, and having personal information mishandled. Environmental and community barriers included being undocumented and fear-inducing myths and beliefs. Additional barriers included limited information and logistics pertaining to vaccination access. Targeted efforts are needed to overcome barriers in a culturally and contextually sensitive manner to prevent harm and reduce risk of infection among communities that have been historically underrepresented.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.969370/fullvaccineCOVID-19Latinos/Hispanicscommunityhealth disparitieshesitancy |
| spellingShingle | Luz M. Garcini Luz M. Garcini Luz M. Garcini Luz M. Garcini Arlynn M. Ambriz Alejandro L. Vázquez Cristina Abraham Vyas Sarabu Ciciya Abraham Autumn K. Lucas-Marinelli Sarah Lill Joel Tsevat Joel Tsevat Joel Tsevat Vaccination for COVID-19 among historically underserved Latino communities in the United States: Perspectives of community health workers Frontiers in Public Health vaccine COVID-19 Latinos/Hispanics community health disparities hesitancy |
| title | Vaccination for COVID-19 among historically underserved Latino communities in the United States: Perspectives of community health workers |
| title_full | Vaccination for COVID-19 among historically underserved Latino communities in the United States: Perspectives of community health workers |
| title_fullStr | Vaccination for COVID-19 among historically underserved Latino communities in the United States: Perspectives of community health workers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vaccination for COVID-19 among historically underserved Latino communities in the United States: Perspectives of community health workers |
| title_short | Vaccination for COVID-19 among historically underserved Latino communities in the United States: Perspectives of community health workers |
| title_sort | vaccination for covid 19 among historically underserved latino communities in the united states perspectives of community health workers |
| topic | vaccine COVID-19 Latinos/Hispanics community health disparities hesitancy |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.969370/full |
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