Community focus groups about a COVID-19 individual risk assessment tool: access, understanding and usefulness.

ABSTRACT: To make informed COVID-19 related decisions, individuals need information about their personal risks and how those risks may vary with specific demographic and health characteristics. The Fight COVID Milwaukee web-based risk assessment tool allows for assessment of COVID-19 mortality risk as a function of personal and neighborhood characteristics. The purpose of this study is to explore public understanding of this risk assessment tool and risk perception through community focus groups. Individuals were recruited from the general adult population in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA, to participate in nine online focus groups where the risk assessment tool was presented for feedback. Three main themes were identified in the focus groups regarding the web-based risk assessment tool: some cha

SUBMITTER: Keval A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10494421 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature