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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on an Established Cohort of At-Risk Adults

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Funder

    Yale University

  • Principal Investigator

    Unspecified Sarah Lowe

  • Research Location

    United States of America

  • Lead Research Institution

    N/A

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Secondary impacts of disease, response & control measures

  • Research Subcategory

    N/A

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Adults (18 and older)

  • Vulnerable Population

    Minority communities unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

This study presents a unique opportunity to investigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the well-being of a vulnerable sample of approximately 1,000 women - predominately African American mothers - who have been surveyed five times over the past 16 years as part of the Resilience in Survivors of Katrina (RISK) study. Several characteristics of the sample suggest their heightened vulnerability to the COVID-19 pandemic. The project will be able to elucidate sources of risk and resilience within a vulnerable population, and, as such, its findings could have implications for policies and practices to mitigate risk among vulnerable adults as the pandemic continues to unfold. The project is innovative in that it draws on the perspectives of an established team of scholars in psychology, social and behavioral sciences, sociology, and urban studies, and thus stands to have a multi-disciplinary impact.