Knowledge, Attitude, Practices, and Vaccine Hesitancy Among the Latinx Community in Southern California Early in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-sectional Survey

Background: The Latinx population in the United States has experienced high rates of infection, hospitalization, and death since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. There is little data on the knowledge, attitude, and practices (KAP) specifically in Latinx communities in the United States. Objec...

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Published in:JMIR formative research 2022-08, Vol.6 (8), p.e38351-e38351
Main Authors: Mehta, Shivani N, Burger, Zoe C, Meyers-Pantele, Stephanie A, Garfein, Richard S, Ortiz, Dayanna O, Mudhar, Pavan K, Kothari, Smit B, Kothari, Jigna, Meka, Meena, Rodwell, Timothy
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Language:English
Subjects:
Attitudes
Behavior
Coronaviruses
COVID-19 vaccines
Cross-sectional studies
Data collection
Disease transmission
Gender
Health care access
Knowledge
Minority & ethnic groups
Original Paper
Pandemics
Population
Public health
Regression analysis
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Sociodemographics
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Summary:Background: The Latinx population in the United States has experienced high rates of infection, hospitalization, and death since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. There is little data on the knowledge, attitude, and practices (KAP) specifically in Latinx communities in the United States. Objective: We aimed to assess COVID-19 KAP and vaccine hesitancy among a Latinx cohort in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic (from July 2020 to October 2020), at a unique time when a vaccine was not available. Methods: Participants aged ≥18 years were recruited at a primary care clinic in Southern California and asked to self-report sociodemographic characteristics, KAP, and vaccine hesitancy. A subset of the participants answered the vaccine hesitancy assessment as it was added after the start of data collection. KAP items were summed to create composite scores, with higher scores reflecting increased COVID-19 knowledge, positive attitudes toward the COVID-19 pandemic, and disease prevention practices. Bivariate and multivariable regression models were fitted to test associations between sociodemographic characteristics and KAP scores. For our analysis, we only included patients who self-identified as Latinx. Results: Our final data set included 265 participants. The participants had a mean age of 49 (IQR 38.5-59) years, and 72.1% (n=191) were female, 77% (n=204) had at most a high school degree, 34.7% (n=92) had an annual income
ISSN:2561-326X
2561-326X
DOI:10.2196/38351