Social, Behavioral, and Ethical Implications of COVID-19

The proposed research will examine ways of understanding and responding to sources of mistrust and misinformation about COVID-19. The research will also refine community-engaged research approaches to enhance the process of building and sustaining trust with communities. A central theme of the proposed research will be to develop processes and resources to assure individuals have the tools and information to make well-informed choices about how they respond to COVID-19. Our ultimate goal is to begin to address the long-term, deeply embedded issues of trust and injustice that have detrimentally impacted the health of communities of color.