Dataset from Social, Ethical, and Behavioral Implications Research on COVID-19: Testing and Vaccine Uptake Among Rural Latino Migrants in Southwest Florida

Background: In Southwest Florida, the Hispanic Services Council (HSC) trained local promotoras de salud (community health workers) to reach underserved Latino immigrant families. This study built on partnerships with the HSC and promotoras to collect data using mixed methods to assess healthcare, social, economic, and contextual factors that influenced the ability and willingness to get tested for COVID-19 and/or vaccinated.

Materials/Methods: The methodology consisted of interviews, focus groups, and surveys of underserved Latino immigrant families in Southwest Florida to collect data on the barriers that affected COVID-19 testing and vaccine uptake at individual, interpersonal, institutional (e.g., health care system), and community levels, and inform development of intervention strategies to increase access and acceptability of testing and vaccine behaviors in rural Latino groups.

Outcome/Impact: The findings guided products, including community education and population-specific marketing strategies, to improve testing and vaccination uptake. Recommendations for improving future pandemic responses for rural Latino communities included incorporating multiple levels of intervention, such as consideration of the role of the family, involving trusted community members, and ensuring the development and implementation of fair and consistent policies.

研究背景：在美国佛罗里达州西南部，西班牙裔服务理事会（Hispanic Services Council, HSC）培训了当地的社区健康宣传员（promotoras de salud，即community health workers），以服务资源匮乏的拉美裔移民家庭。本研究依托与西班牙裔服务理事会及社区健康宣传员的合作关系，采用混合研究方法收集数据，旨在评估影响拉美裔移民群体开展新冠病毒检测和/或疫苗接种的意愿与能力的医疗、社会、经济及环境相关因素。
材料与方法：本研究针对佛罗里达州西南部服务资源匮乏的拉美裔移民家庭，采用访谈、焦点小组讨论与问卷调查的方式收集数据，梳理影响新冠病毒检测与疫苗接种率的各类障碍，涵盖个体、人际、机构（如医疗系统）及社区多个层面，并为制定干预策略提供依据，以提升拉美裔乡村群体对新冠检测与疫苗接种的可及性及接受度。
研究结果与影响：本研究结果为相关落地产品提供了指导方向，包括社区教育及针对特定人群的营销策略，以提升新冠检测与疫苗的接种率。针对改善拉美裔乡村社区未来疫情应对工作的建议包括：构建多层面的干预体系，例如考量家庭的作用、吸纳受信任的社区成员参与，以及确保公平且统一的政策得以制定与落地。