ArticleJournal of racial and ethnic health disparities2022
Racial/Ethnic Differences in Prosocial Beliefs and Prevention Behavior During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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- COVID-19 Prevention Behaviors and Mistrust Among Black and Latino Public Housing Residents in NYC.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2026Trial
- Modeling individual self-protective behavior during epidemics.PLoS computational biology · 2026Article
- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Perceptions of Children's Use of COVID-19 Prevention Behaviors.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Differences in COVID-19 preventive behaviors among Black and White cancer survivors in North Carolina.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Article
- Staying Safe for the Long Haul: A Health Belief Model Analysis of COVID-19 Preventive Behaviors Through the Lens of Long COVID.Clinical nursing research · 2025Article
- Preventive health behaviour differences across racial groups during the early stages of COVID-19.Journal of infection prevention · 2024Article
- Attitudes, Beliefs, and Perceptions Associated with Mask Wearing within Four Racial and Ethnic Groups Early in the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2024Article
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- Reaching Vulnerable and Underserved Communities in the US Southwest Through a Successful COVID-19 Community-Academic Partnership.American journal of public health · 2024Article
- Mitigation behavior prior to COVID-19 vaccination availability is associated with COVID-19 infection and time to vaccination.PloS one · 2023Article
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Abstract
Controlling the COVID-19 pandemic has required communities to engage in prosocial action, including behaviors that may inconvenience individuals, but protect the collective (e.g., mask wearing, social distancing). The purpose of this study was to understand to what extent COVID-19 prosocial beliefs and behavior differ by race/ethnicity and why this might be the case. A US nationally representative sample of 410 adults completed a survey about COVID-19 beliefs and prevention behaviors between June 12 and 18, 2020. Compared to White respondents, Black respondents perceived the risk of COVID-19 to be greater to the US population; and both Black and Latinx respondents thought it was more important to protect a variety of non-close others (e.g., people in their city or state). Black and Latinx respondents engaged in several prevention behaviors, including social distancing, to a greater extent than White respondents. There were indirect effects of Black vs. White race on engaging in protective behaviors through greater perceived risk to others and beliefs in the importance of protecting distal others. Results indicate that targeted messages promoting prevention, including vaccination with pro-social messages, may resonate with communities of color. They also suggest that lower levels of prosocial beliefs among White people have likely hindered the US response to the epidemic.
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