The Pandemic Journaling Project, Subproject 1, PJP - Immigrant Women in NYC (PJP-IW/NYC)

<h3> Project Overview</h3>
<p>This dataset contains all qualitative and quantitative journaling data collected in “The Pandemic Journaling Project, Subproject 1, PJP - Immigrant Women in NYC” (henceforth PJP-IW/NYC). The Pandemic Journaling Project (PJP) is a combined journaling platform and interdisciplinary, mixed-methods research study developed by anthropologists, with support from a team of colleagues and students across the social sciences, humanities, and health fields. PJP launched in Spring 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic was emerging in the United States. It was created in order to “pre-design an archive” of COVID-19 narratives and experiences and was open to anyone around the world with access to a smartphone or computer. PJP ran on a weekly basis for two years (May 2020 - May 2022). The dataset for the first phase of PJP (PJP-1) can be accessed through the Qualitative Data Repository (QDR). (See Related Data field in Metadata.) </p>
<p>PJP-IW/NYC used a modified version of the PJP platform to pursue two research objectives: 1) examine the ongoing challenges associated with COVID-19 among immigrant women to the US living in New York City (NYC), and 2) explore the feasibility and efficacy of an online journaling-based project with vulnerable populations. The project focused on two immigrant populations in NYC that were particularly hard-hit by the pandemic: the South Asian and Latinx immigrant communities. The project ran from February to August 2023, and it was underway when the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the end of the COVID-19 global health emergency in May 2023. PJP-IW/NYC was approved as a research study by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at the University of Connecticut. Eligibility criteria for participation included: 1) identify as an immigrant, 2) identify as a woman, 3) aged 18 years or more, 4) born in a country in South Asia or Latin America, and 5) currently live in NYC. The interface was accessible in English, Bangla (Bengali), and Spanish. Similarly to PJP-1, participants could create journal entries using their choice of text, images, and/or audio recordings.</p>