Table 2 Themes
From: Overcoming barriers and enhancing facilitators to COVID-19 vaccination in the Hispanic community
Primary Themes | Secondary Themes | Sub-Themes |
|---|---|---|
Barriers to vaccination | Technological literacy and pre-registration | • Online appointment booking technologies |
• Pre-registration needed for vaccination | ||
Language and literacy | • Institutionalization of English | |
• Lack of translation into Spanish | ||
• Literacy | ||
• Plain language translation | ||
Health insurance/health care costs | • Lack of health insurance | |
• Uncertainty concerning cost of care | ||
• Synergistic barrier alongside immigration status | ||
Immigration status | • Lack of documentation | |
• Appointments/providers require SSNs or other | ||
• Fears that immigration status will be reported | ||
Location and transportation | • Information about vaccination locations | |
• Convenience | ||
• Transportation | ||
Facilitators to vaccination | Workplace vaccination | • Hosting on-site vaccination clinics |
Health care provider recommendations | • Vaccination messaging from local clinics and bilingual physicians | |
• One-on-one conversations with health care providers | ||
Engagement through schools | • School system as trusted source of information |