Flattening the curve

Factors associated with engagement in health protective behaviors at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic among Black individuals from predominantly low-income backgrounds

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ID4229253
AutoresJennifer Mcdonald (0000-0001-9830-9716, Department of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA), Matthew Figueroa (Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA), Juliet Cushing (Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA), Austen Mcguire (0000-0002-7820-2927, Medical University of South Carolina), Yo Jackson (Department of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA)
Ano2025
Páginas13591053251344726-13591053251344726
Data de publicação2025-06-29
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/13591053251344726
PMID40583324
OpenAlexW4411782238
IdiomaEN
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The COVID-19 pandemic had negative consequences for individuals in the United States, especially Black and low-income populations. At the start of the pandemic, efforts were made to stop the spread of COVID-19 through recommending person-level, health protective behaviors (e.g. mask wearing), but minimal research has explored what factors were related to Black and low-income individuals' engagement in these behaviors. The current study sought to increase understanding on how (a) COVID-19 knowledge, (b) medical mistrust, and (c) COVID-19 specific worry, related to following COVID-19 recommendations at the start of the pandemic in a sample of 110 Black, predominantly low-income, caregivers of young children. Findings demonstrated that participants were frequently following the COVID-19 recommendations, and that COVID-19 specific worry was positively associated with following the recommendations. Findings help provide feedback and possible guidance for how public health initiatives may serve Black individuals from low-income communities to encourage engagement in health protective behaviors

Anxiety · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Environmental health · Pandemic · Psychiatry · Public health · Worry · Young adult · COVID-19 and Mental Health · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Gerontology