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Table 2 Major Themes and Subthemes Summarizing Experiences with Social Distancing and Self-Quarantining Among Hispanics During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

From: Challenges with social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic among Hispanics in New York City: a qualitative study

(1) Fear of contracting and transmitting COVID-19

• Aware and afraid

• Frequent exposure

• Transmission to family and others

• Risk perception

(2) Engaging in practices to reduce transmission of COVID-19

• Standard precautions

• Gathering information

• Extraordinary precautions

(3) Barriers to social distancing and quarantining

• Social and financial obligations

• Accessing basic goods and services

• Unreliable information

(4) Enduring psychological and physical toll of the pandemic

• Psychological impact

• Physical health

• Financial Strain

• Mechanisms of hope and coping