Spanish Language Access to COVID-19 Vaccination Information and Registration in the 10 Most Populous Cities in the USA

Paz, Maria; Marino-Nunez, Diana; Arora, Vineet M.; Baig, Arshiya A.

doi:10.1007/s11606-021-07325-z

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“…They also dealt with vaccine registration or informational websites that were not translated into Spanish or were poorly translated. [9,10] Vaccine hesitancy among the U.S. population, and the Hispanic population specifically, is partially attributable to the "infodemic" of misinformation that resulted alongside the COVID-19 pandemic and response [11]. During the COVID-19 pandemic, misinformation and disinformation soared online, most prolifically on social media channels.…”

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A Multifaceted Campaign to Combat COVID-19 Misinformation in the Hispanic Community

Dunn¹,

Panchal²,

Fields

et al. 2022

J Community Health

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At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Public Good Projects, Hispanic Communications Network and World Voices Media joined forces to launch a nationwide, multifaceted campaign which aimed to increase vaccine confidence and decrease misinformation on social media within Hispanic communities. We created a Spanish vaccine misinformation tracking system to detect and assess misinformation circulating in online Spanish conversations. We used our media monitoring findings to work with Hispanic social media (SM) influencers, volunteers, and celebrities to spread pro-vaccine messaging online. We created misinformation-responsive SM assets, newsletters, talking points and trainings for Hispanic-serving community-based organizations (CBOs) to help them respond to misinformation and increase vaccine uptake. We used our misinformation findings to inform the creation of mass media communications such as radio PSAs and op-eds. In Year 1, our new Spanish monitoring system captured and organized 35 M Spanish and 212.7 M English posts about COVID-19 misinformation. We recruited 496 paid influencers, 2 Hispanic celebrities and 1,034 digital volunteers. We sent 70 newsletters to an average of 1539 CBO subscribers, containing 206 talking points and 344 resources (SM assets, toolkits, videos) in English and Spanish to support their outreach. Our radio PSAs reached 26.9 M people and the op-eds reached 2.9 M people. This project shows the proliferation of misinformation circulating in online Spanish conversations. It also shows we were effective at reaching our target audience with fact-based COVID-19 misinformation prebunk and debunk messaging.

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A Multifaceted Campaign to Combat COVID-19 Misinformation in the Hispanic Community

Dunn¹,

Panchal²,

Fields

et al. 2022

J Community Health

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“…A 2021 study found that, in the top 10 most populated US cities, 5 of the major vaccine distributors did not offer COVID-19 vaccine information in Spanish and 4 did not offer vaccine scheduling in Spanish. 30 Even when Spanish-translated resources are present, the translations may be incorrect, stilted, or at a higher reading level than would be acceptable in English. 31 Automatic machine translations are frequently used to relay important vaccine information, although such services have been shown to be error prone, and Google Translate states that its services should not be used for public health translations unless verified by human translators.…”

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Lessons Learned From Monitoring Spanish-Language Vaccine Misinformation During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Bonnevie¹,

Ricciulli²,

Fields

et al. 2023

Public Health Rep

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COVID-19 vaccine misinformation is a global threat, and digital and social media support its spread. Addressing Spanish-language vaccine misinformation is critical. In 2021, we began a project to increase vaccine confidence and uptake in the United States by assessing and opposing Spanish-language COVID-19 vaccine misinformation circulating in the United States. Analysts identified trending Spanish-language vaccine misinformation each week, and trained journalists provided communications guidance for addressing the misinformation, which we delivered to community organizations via a weekly newsletter. We identified thematic and geographic trends and highlighted lessons learned to inform future efforts to monitor Spanish-language vaccine misinformation. We collected publicly available Spanish- and English-language COVID-19 vaccine misinformation across various media sources (eg, Twitter, Facebook, news, blogs). Analysts identified top trending vaccine misinformation in the Spanish query and compared it with vaccine misinformation in the English query. Analysts examined misinformation to identify its geographic source and dominant conversation themes. From September 2021 through March 2022, analysts flagged 109 pieces of trending Spanish-language COVID-19 vaccine misinformation. Through this work, we found that Spanish-language vaccine misinformation is easily identifiable. Linguistic networks are not distinct, and vaccine misinformation often circulates across English and Spanish queries. Several websites have outsized influence in promoting Spanish-language vaccine misinformation, suggesting that it may be important to focus on a handful of hyperinfluential accounts and websites. Efforts to address Spanish-language vaccine misinformation must incorporate collaboration with local communities and emphasize community building and empowerment. Ultimately, addressing Spanish-language vaccine misinformation is not an issue of data access and knowledge of how to monitor it; it is an issue of prioritization.

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“…Exposure to misinformation has fueled parent concerns and has played an important role in vaccine hesitancy among U.S. Latinos. Throughout the pandemic, U.S. Spanish-speaking populations have experienced major gaps in timely, accurate COVID-19 information (12,19,(33)(34)(35), combined with disproportionate exposure to COVID-19 misinformation, conspiracy theories and hoaxes, and targeted disinformation efforts on social media platforms (22,32,(36)(37)(38). Studies have documented the link between exposure to COVID-19 vaccine misinformation on social media and negative vaccine attitudes, lower trust in science, confusion about which information sources to trust, and decreased vaccination acceptance and intentions (39)(40)(41)(42).…”

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Feasibility and Acceptability of Spanish-language Facebook Group on Latino Parents’ COVID-19 Vaccine Beliefs: Case study of the Brigada Digital de Salud

Andrade,

Gonzalez,

Wysota

et al. 2023

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Background COVID-19 vaccine uptake among U.S. Latino adults has been slower than other groups, and younger Latino children continue to be underrepresented among vaccinated populations. Parental vaccine hesitancy has been an important barrier, often stemming from concerns about safety, effectiveness, side effects, and exposure to social media misinformation. The Brigada Digital de Salud was established in May 2021 to address misinformation by disseminating credible, science-based, and culturally-appropriate COVID-19 information in Spanish on social media platforms. Methods We conducted a 5-week randomized controlled trial in August-September, 2022 using two private Facebook groups (n = 55 intervention and n = 65 control) to test intervention feasibility and acceptability of COVID-19 vaccine promotion among Spanish-speaking Latino parents. Also of interest were the effects of Brigada Digital content on vaccine beliefs, intentions, and uptake. Intervention participants received daily COVID-19 prevention and vaccination posts with prompts for interaction. All study participants completed baseline and follow-up surveys. Participant engagement was assessed using Facebook analytics. Results Feedback from intervention participants regarding content, moderators, and group experience was positive. Participants agreed that posts were informative (4.3/5), trustworthy (4.2/4), and addressed their COVID-19 vaccine concerns (4.2/5). Participants also agreed that moderators were well-informed (4.3/5) and helpful (4.2/5), and they would recommend the group to a friend (4.4/5). Participants remained engaged in the group for the 5-week period, and had, on average, 36.4 post views, 10.6 post reactions, and 3 post comments per participant. Both intervention and control group participants reported greater COVID-19 vaccine-supportive beliefs for adults and children at follow-up; these beliefs increased more among intervention participants, though differences were not statistically significant. When asked about why parent participants had not yet vaccinated their children across all ages, reasons mirrored those reported nationally, with principal concerns being related to potential side effects, safety, and that the vaccine was developed too quickly Conclusions This intervention approach shows considerable promise for Latino parents in terms of feasibility, appeal, and appropriateness, and preliminary evidence suggest potential to improve parent COVID-19 vaccine beliefs for adults and children. This intervention approach and content should be further tested with groups of parents who express less supportive COVID-19 vaccine views or have unvaccinated children.

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Spanish Language Access to COVID-19 Vaccination Information and Registration in the 10 Most Populous Cities in the USA

Cited by 8 publications

References 3 publications

A Multifaceted Campaign to Combat COVID-19 Misinformation in the Hispanic Community

A Multifaceted Campaign to Combat COVID-19 Misinformation in the Hispanic Community

Lessons Learned From Monitoring Spanish-Language Vaccine Misinformation During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Feasibility and Acceptability of Spanish-language Facebook Group on Latino Parents’ COVID-19 Vaccine Beliefs: Case study of the Brigada Digital de Salud

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