移民和少数民族群体受到COVID-19的影响不成比例,在某些情况下疫苗摄取水平较低。我们的目的是确定社交媒体在移民和少数民族社区中使用COVID-19信息的程度和性质,以及对预防性健康措施的影响,包括疫苗接种意图和摄取。
系统评价和荟萃分析指南的首选报告项目之后的已发表和灰色文献的系统评价。我们搜索了包括Embase在内的数据库,WebofScience,PubMedNIH,CINAHL,通过2019年12月31日至2021年6月9日世卫组织COVID-19全球研究数据库促进。
研究报告了与COVID-19有关的移民和/或少数民族群体使用社交媒体的情况。
我们提取了关键结果的数据,研究设计,国家,研究人群和样本量。
筛选了1849条独特记录,包括21个数据源,包括英国的人口,美国,中国,乔丹,卡塔尔和土耳其。我们发现有证据表明,一些移民和少数民族人群持续使用一系列社交媒体平台获取COVID-19信息(包括微信,Facebook,WhatsApp,Instagram,Twitter,YouTube),这可能源于难以获得COVID-19的母语或可信来源的信息。一些证据表明,散布的错误信息和社交媒体的使用可能与预防性健康措施的参与度较低有关。包括疫苗的意图和摄取,这些发现可能与多个人口群体有关。
对于一些移民和少数民族人群来说,社交媒体平台是有关COVID-19的重要信息来源。现在需要采取紧急行动和进一步研究,以更好地了解解决传播错误信息的有效方法,并抓住机遇,更好地利用社交媒体平台来支持公共卫生传播,提高疫苗的使用率。
本研究已在PROSPERO(CRD42021259190)注册。
Migrants and ethnic minority groups have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 and have lower levels of vaccine uptake in some contexts. We aimed to determine the extent and nature of social media use in migrant and ethnic minority communities for COVID-19 information, and implications for preventative health measures including vaccination intent and uptake.
A systematic review of published and grey literature following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. We searched databases including Embase, Web of Science, PubMed NIH, CINAHL, facilitated through the WHO Global Research on COVID-19 database from 31 December 2019 to 9 June 2021.
Research reporting the use of social media by migrants and/or ethnic minority groups in relation to COVID-19.
We extracted data on key outcomes, study design, country, population under study and sample size.
1849 unique records were screened, and 21 data sources were included, including populations in the UK, USA, China, Jordan, Qatar and Turkey. We found evidence of consistent use of a range of social media platforms for COVID-19 information in some migrant and ethnic minority populations (including WeChat, Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube), which may stem from difficulty in accessing COVID-19 information in their native languages or from trusted sources. Some evidence suggested circulating misinformation and social media use may be associated with lower participation in preventative health measures, including vaccine intent and uptake, findings which are likely relevant to multiple population groups.
Social media platforms are an important source of information about COVID-19 for some migrant and ethnic minority populations. Urgent actions and further research are now needed to better understand effective approaches to tackling circulating misinformation, and to seize on opportunities to better use social media platforms to support public health communication and improve vaccine uptake.
This study has been registered with PROSPERO (CRD42021259190).