Attitudes, Beliefs, and Perceptions Associated with Mask Wearing within Four Racial and Ethnic Groups Early in the COVID-19 Pandemic.
J Racial Ethn Health Disparities
; 2023 May 31.
Article
in En
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| ID: mdl-37258995
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
While previous studies have identified a range of factors associated with mask wearing in the US, little is known about drivers of mask-wearing among racial and ethnic minority groups. This analysis assessed whether factors positively associated with wearing a mask early in the pandemic differed between participants grouped by race/ethnicity (Hispanic, non-Hispanic Black, non-Hispanic Asian, and non-Hispanic White).METHOD:
Data were obtained from a US internet panel survey of 3217 respondents during May-November 2020 (weighted by race/ethnicity, age, gender, and education to the US national population). Within each of the four available racial/ethnic groups, crude and adjusted odds ratios (COR and AOR) were calculated using logistic regression to assess factors positively associated with wearing a mask. Adjusted models were controlled for age, gender, education, county COVID-19 case count, presence of a state-issued mask mandate, and interview month.RESULTS:
The following variables were most strongly positively associated with mask wearing (p<0.05) in each racial/ethnic group Hispanic-seeing others wearing masks (AOR 6.7), importance of wearing a mask combined with social distancing (AOR 3.0); non-Hispanic Black-belief that wearing a mask would protect others from coronavirus (AOR 5.1), reporting hearing that one should wear a mask (AOR 3.6); non-Hispanic Asian-belief that people important to them believe they should wear a mask (COR 5.1, not statistically significant); and non-Hispanic White-seeing others wearing masks (AOR 3.1), importance of wearing a mask (AOR 2.3).CONCLUSION:
Public health efforts to encourage mask wearing should consider the diversity of behavioral influences within different population groups.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspects:
Equity_inequality
Language:
En
Journal:
J Racial Ethn Health Disparities
Year:
2023
Document type:
Article
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