社区聚焦小组关于COVID-19个体风险评估工具:获取,理解和有用性
Aliyah Keval1, Mohammad Titi2, Hadi Omar Saleh2
1Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 W Watertown Plank Rd, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA. ahkeval@mcw.edu.
BMC public health
|September 11, 2023
概括
社区成员发现,Fight COVID Milwaukee工具对于个人风险评估很有用,但指出了可访问性和理解方面的挑战. 它对其他人的价值仍然不确定,这突显了需要改进风险沟通策略的需要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 医疗信息学 医疗信息学
- 风险沟通 风险沟通
背景情况:
- 有信息的COVID-19决策需要了解个人风险因素.
- 基于Web的工具可以根据人口统计和健康情况评估COVID-19死亡风险.
- 评估公众对这些工具的理解对于有效实施至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 探索公众对抗COVID密尔沃基风险评估工具的理解.
- 调查社区对COVID-19风险的看法.
- 收集有关该工具可访问性,可理解性和有用性的反.
主要方法:
- 在威斯康星州密尔沃基县,与成年人进行了9个在线焦点小组.
- 参与者对"抗击COVID密尔沃基"网络风险评估工具提供了反.
- 定性分析确定了有关用户体验和风险感知的关键主题.
主要成果:
- 焦点小组揭示了工具可访问性和可变易理解性方面的挑战.
- 参与者发现该工具对个人有用,但其更广泛的价值是不确定的.
- 对风险和预期寿命的解释因年龄,性别,种族/种族,社会经济地位和并发症而异.
结论:
- 战斗COVID密尔沃基工具具有个人风险评估的潜力,但需要提高可访问性和清晰度.
- 了解不同人群如何解释风险信息对于公平的公共卫生沟通至关重要.
- 进一步的研究应该针对不同人口群体的可用性和感知价值,以提高工具的有效性.
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