ABSTRACT

Objectives

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has burgeoned into a pandemic that highlights the countless social and health disparities that have existed in Black communities within the United States for centuries. Recent epidemiological data show that Black communities are being disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, resulting in higher morbidity and mortality rates compared to other racial and ethnic groups. For Black women in particular, a long-standing history of systemic racism and marginalization has resulted in increased vulnerability and susceptibility to certain adverse health outcomes. Recent data show that COVID-19 knowledge rates among Black participants are low, and that Black women who become infected with COVID-19 have higher risks of complications and mortality compared to their non-Black counterparts. Given this data, there is a need to explore where and how Black women are obtaining information that pertains to COVID-19, along with the impacts that COVID-19 may be having on their daily lives.

Design

We conducted interviews with 15 Black women who are clients at a community-based family service center to assess their understanding of COVID-19, determine how they were obtaining COVID-19 information, and evaluate the various impacts that COVID-19 was having on their lives. An initial codebook was developed based on the recorded interviews which included deductive and inductive codes. A thematic analysis of the data was then conducted using MaxQDA (Verbi Software), focusing on Black women's experiences related to COVID-19.

Results

The majority of participants were using a combination of social media platforms and news sources to obtain information about COVID-19. Most participants (79%) expressed confusion, misunderstanding, and mistrust of the information that they were receiving about COVID-19.

Conclusion

In addressing COVID-19-related health disparities within Black communities, it is imperative for trusted entities and organizations within Black communities to provide accurate and tailored information regarding this novel virus.

中文翻译：

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COVID-19 对黑人女性的影响：评估观点和信息来源

 抽象的

 目标

2019 年冠状病毒病 (COVID-19) 已迅速发展成为一场大流行病，凸显了美国黑人社区几个世纪以来存在的无数社会和健康差异。最近的流行病学数据显示，黑人社区受到 COVID-19 的影响尤为严重，导致与其他种族和族裔群体相比，黑人社区的发病率和死亡率更高。特别是对于黑人女性来说，系统性种族主义和边缘化的长期历史导致她们更容易受到某些不良健康后果的影响。最近的数据显示，黑人参与者对 COVID-19 的了解率较低，并且与非黑人女性相比，感染 COVID-19 的黑人女性出现并发症和死亡的风险更高。鉴于这些数据，有必要探索黑人女性在哪里以及如何获取与 COVID-19 相关的信息，以及 COVID-19 可能对她们的日常生活产生的影响。

 设计

我们对社区家庭服务中心的 15 名黑人女性进行了采访，以评估她们对 COVID-19 的了解，确定她们如何获取 COVID-19 信息，并评估 COVID-19 对她们的各种影响。生活。最初的密码本是根据记录的访谈开发的，其中包括演绎和归纳代码。然后使用 MaxQDA（Verbi Software）对数据进行专题分析，重点关注黑人女性与 COVID-19 相关的经历。

 结果

大多数参与者结合使用社交媒体平台和新闻来源来获取有关 COVID-19 的信息。大多数参与者 (79%) 对他们收到的有关 COVID-19 的信息表示困惑、误解和不信任。

 结论

为了解决黑人社区内与 COVID-19 相关的健康差异，黑人社区内值得信赖的实体和组织必须提供有关这种新型病毒的准确且量身定制的信息。