“What should I do? We still have to go to work”: Latino immigrant perceptions of the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine

“What should I do? We still have to go to work”: Latino immigrant perceptions of the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine Keri Elliott Revens, Lennin Caro, Sarai Guerrero Ordonez, Amanda Walsh, Daniel Alvarez-Orlachia International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately impacted Latinos across the United States though data on emerging immigrant communities is lacking. The purpose of this study is to better understand how Latino immigrants were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing a community health clinic in Charlotte, North Carolina to quickly respond to their needs.A mixed method, rapid appraisal using community-based participatory research approaches conducted in February to April 2021 by a team of bilingual researchers. Project consisted of a Spanish, electronic survey distributed through community leaders and in-person interviews conducted in Spanish at COVID-19 vaccine clinics. SPSS Version 26 was used for quantitative analysis. Ordinal and binary logistic regression tests were performed to assess the associations among several outcome and four predictor variables: documentation status, status of health insurance, level of trust in the vaccine and place of birth. Qualitative analysis used rapid appraisal and grounded theory approaches.Latino immigrants experienced job and income loss, resulting in difficulty paying for food, housing and health care. Participants experienced...
Source: International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Source Type: research