Assessing Attitudes Toward COVID-19 Prevention: Defining Two Attitudes Crucial for Understanding Systemic and Social Variables Associated with Disparities
| Autor: | Keith Sanford, Mona Clifton, Alannah Shelby Rivers, Alexandra E Pizzuto, Ashley Buchanan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Health (social science) Sociology and Political Science Psychometrics media_common.quotation_subject Racism White People Article Compliance (psychology) 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires Health care medicine Humans Measurement invariance 030212 general & internal medicine Healthcare Disparities media_common 030505 public health business.industry Health Policy Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health COVID-19 Health equity Attitude Adherence Anthropology Attitudes Conceptual model Health disparities 0305 other medical science business Psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities |
| ISSN: | 2196-8837 |
| Popis: | This study tested a conceptual model identifying two distinct types of attitudes people may have toward following recommendations to prevent COVID-19. These attitudes were expected to be important for understanding types of systemic and social variables associated with health disparities such as racial discrimination, residential environment, lack of healthcare access, and negative healthcare experiences. The conceptual model was drawn from previous work examining adherence to medical recommendations that identified two distinct and consequential attitudes that influence behavior: perceived benefit (believing recommendations are effective and necessary) and perceived burden (experiencing recommendations as unpleasant or difficult). Approximately equal proportions of Black and White individuals living in the USA (N = 194) were recruited to complete an online survey. A psychometric analysis indicated that perceived benefit and burden attitudes were two distinct and meaningful dimensions that could be assessed with high validity, and scales demonstrated measurement invariance across Black and White groups. In correlation analyses, benefit and burden attitudes were robustly associated with neighborhood violence, healthcare access, and healthcare experiences (but not with experiences of discrimination), and all these associations remained significant after accounting for subjective stress and political affiliation. These findings have implications for increasing compliance to public health recommendations and addressing health disparities. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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