Assessing COVID-19–Related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Among Hispanic Primary Care Patients: Protocol for a Cross-sectional Survey Study
| Autor: | Jigna Kothari, Yvonne Lam, Shivani N Mehta, Ajay Meka, Dayanna Ortiz, Timothy C. Rodwell, Sekboppa Sor, Meena Meka, Zoe C Burger |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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cross-sectional medicine.medical_specialty Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Cross-sectional study practices Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics Population R858-859.7 Hispanic Telehealth California 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Epidemiology Protocol medicine survey 030212 general & internal medicine education Socioeconomic status education.field_of_study Data collection business.industry 030503 health policy & services COVID-19 General Medicine attitude Family medicine Medicine Population study 0305 other medical science business |
| Zdroj: | JMIR Research Protocols JMIR Research Protocols, Vol 10, Iss 1, p e25265 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 1929-0748 |
| DOI: | 10.2196/25265 |
| Popis: | Background Recent epidemiological data indicate that minority groups, especially Hispanic communities, experience higher rates of infection, hospitalization, and death due to COVID-19. It is important to understand the nature of this health disparity and the socioeconomic or behavioral factors that are placing Hispanic communities and other minority populations at higher risk for morbidity and mortality. Objective The purpose of this project is to assess current COVID-19–related knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) among a predominantly Hispanic population from Orange County, California, and identify risk factors that may contribute to increased susceptibility and vulnerability to contracting SARS-CoV-2. Methods Our Orange County–wide community survey consists of quantitative survey questions in four domains: demographic information, COVID-19 knowledge questions, COVID-19 attitude questions, and COVID-19 practices questions. The survey questions are adapted from recent global KAP studies. Participants are being recruited from Amistad Medical Clinic, a private primary health clinic group in Orange County that treats a predominantly Hispanic population. Patients recruited during telehealth visits are surveyed remotely by telephone, and those recruited during in-person clinic visits are surveyed in person. Surveys are conducted by trained members of the study team who are native to the community setting. Results As of October 12, 2020, we had recruited and enrolled 327 participants. Data collection occurred June 26th to October 30th. Data analysis is ongoing. Conclusions Very few current COVID-19 studies focus on the perspective and experience of minority populations. Because Hispanic communities are disproportionately affected by COVID-19, it is important to understand the factors the contribute to this disparity and the next steps that should be taken to reduce the COVID-19 burden in this population. We believe that our study model of partnering with a local clinic system that serves our study population can be expanded to other settings to compare COVID-19 KAP and associated factors within different minority communities. International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID) DERR1-10.2196/25265 |
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