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Women share life experiences during COVID
In the Life During COVID study, sixty mothers with school age children shared what life was like for them and their children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants completed mobile phone surveys every three days between February 2021 and September 2022. Surveys assessed participants’ daily needs, health, employment, children and schooling, and concerns about COVID-19. Thousands […]
Younger moms hesitant to vaccinate kids against COVID
Fathers older than age 34 were more open to having their child vaccinated against COVID-19, while younger Black and white mothers were the least open to it, finds a new survey of Medicaid recipients from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. Click here for complete story
Dance Battles and Stories to Boost COVID-19 Vaccinations
Dance battles might not look much like labs, but that’s where researchers from Washington University go seeking insights into how young African Americans in North St. Louis think about COVID-19. It’s essential knowledge for those working to increase the rate of vaccination in this underserved Missouri community. Since July, Matthew Kreuter, Ph.D., professor of public […]