The objectives of the study were to (i) document refugee, immigrant and migrant (RIM) communities’ knowledge, attitudes and beliefs (KABs) related to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine and (ii) identify best practices for developing and disseminating culturally and linguistically responsive health messaging addressing those KABs. Thirteen online focus groups (OFGs) in 10 languages were conducted. Each OFG was conducted in the participants’ native language. OFGs were recorded, transcribed, translated and uploaded to qualitative software for coding. A thematic analysis was conducted. Results suggest that while there was some variation between different language groups (e.g. whether religious leaders were seen as trusted sources of information about COVID), there were also important commonalities. Most language groups (i) alluded to hearing about or having gaps in knowledge about COVID-19/the COVID-19 vaccine, (ii) reported hearing negative or conflicting stories about the vaccine and (iii) shared concerns about the negative side effects of the vaccine. There continues to be a need for health messaging in RIM communities that is culturally and linguistically concordant and follows health literacy guidelines. Message content about the COVID-19 vaccine should focus on vaccine importance, effectiveness and safety, should be multimodal and should be primarily delivered by healthcare professionals and community members who have already been vaccinated.

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“控制新冠病毒需要多角度”：美国四个城市难民/移民/移民社区的 COVID-19 疫苗知识、态度和信仰

该研究的目的是 (i) 记录难民、移民和移民 (RIM) 社区与冠状病毒病 (COVID-19) 疫苗相关的知识、态度和信仰 (KAB)，以及 (ii) 确定开发和使用疫苗的最佳实践。传播针对这些 KAB 的文化和语言敏感健康信息。以 10 种语言进行了 13 个在线焦点小组 (OFG)。每次 OFG 均以参与者的母语进行。 OFG 被记录、转录、翻译并上传到定性软件进行编码。进行了主题分析。结果表明，虽然不同语言群体之间存在一些差异（例如，宗教领袖是否被视为有关新冠病毒的可信信息来源），但也存在重要的共同点。大多数语言群体 (i) 提到听说过有关 COVID-19/COVID-19 疫苗的知识或存在知识差距，(ii) 报告听到有关疫苗的负面或相互矛盾的故事，以及 (iii) 共同担心疫苗的负面影响疫苗。 RIM 社区仍然需要在文化和语言上一致并遵循健康素养指南的健康信息传递。有关 COVID-19 疫苗的信息内容应重点关注疫苗的重要性、有效性和安全性，应采用多模式，并且应主要由已接种疫苗的医疗保健专业人员和社区成员传递。