Table 5.
Barriers and facilitators to participation in COVID-19 response activities.
| n | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Barriers to participation in COVID-19 response*(N = 1,011, no answer = 39) | ||
| There were no barriers to my participation | 387 | 38.3 |
| No financial support | 248 | 24.5 |
| No opportunity or path for involvement | 211 | 20.9 |
| Not part of my job | 172 | 17.0 |
| No time | 149 | 14.7 |
| Don't know how to get involved | 143 | 14.1 |
| Lack of organizational interest | 94 | 9.3 |
| Lack of personal interest | 24 | 2.4 |
| Other | 123 | 12.2 |
| Facilitators to participation in COVID-19 response*(N = 1,015, no answer= 35, did not participate in COVID-19 response = 295) | ||
| Personal interest | 508 | 50.1 |
| Organizational interest | 391 | 38.5 |
| I have not participated in COVID-19 response and/or research | 295 | 29.1 |
| Part of established duties at my current job | 295 | 29.1 |
| Part of a new project/special deployment for COVID-19 | 223 | 22.0 |
| Availability of new COVID-19 funding | 124 | 12.2 |
| I learned of volunteer opportunity through OHN | 42 | 4.1 |
| I learned of job opportunity through OHN | 21 | 2.1 |
| Other | 59 | 5.8 |
N, number of people that answered the question; n, number of responses.
Possible to select multiple options, including “other”, from a list. Sum of group percentages does not = 100%.