The Impacts of Covid-19 on Community-Based Maternal Health Projects

This small, qualitative study seeks to examine the ways in which the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the landscape of maternal health in the United States. Given the significant racial disparities in maternal and infant health outcomes, this research will focus on community-based projects that serve Black pregnant and parenting individuals. This project seeks to answer …

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Well-Being in a Time of Social Distancing: Indonesian Domestic Workers in Singapore and Hong Kong

As well as the health battle, the social impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is significant. Across Asia, it is women who are being disproportionately affected. One group who is particularly vulnerable to its effects are migrant domestic workers. Compared with other international migrants, foreign migrant workers, particularly migrant domestic workers, encounter more barriers in accessing …

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A People’s History of the Pandemic: Global Households and Covid-19 in Asia

How are social relations in global households in Asia changing as a result of the barriers erected to flows of goods, money, and people in the wake of Covid-19? Millions of households in Asia depend on the income, labor, and other resources of members residing overseas. In this pilot project, researchers will collaborate with nongovernmental …

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The Effects of Reverse Migration on Indigenous Communities Following India’s Covid-19 Induced Lockdown

Indigenous communities worldwide are particularly vulnerable to the threat of Covid-19. Thus far, indigenous communities in India have been relatively insulated from the pandemic due to their distance from urban centers, where most cases are concentrated, and their low population densities. However, the situation has been complicated by the announcement of the world’s largest lockdown …

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Responses to a Pandemic: Court Systems in 10 Cities Across America

We will catalog and analyze different American metropolitan governments’ responses to the Covid-19 pandemic, with a focus on courts and judiciary-adjacent institutions. First and foremost, we seek to map out the reconfiguration of the carceral state as local governments grapple with how to manage their judicial systems in the midst of a pandemic. Along the …

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Occupational Diseases in the Context of Pandemic: Managing Risk and Care among the Working-Class Households

This project examines how families with members suffering from chronic occupational diseases manage Covid-19 infection risk in Turkey. Workers employed in dangerous industries with exposure to the risk of chronic occupational diseases or those who suffer from such diseases become extremely vulnerable as healthcare services are drastically suspended for people with chronic health conditions. We …

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Deferred Departures, Unhappy Returns: Pandemic and the Labor-Exporting Nation

The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted a global exchange of migrant labor, as efforts to control the virus closed national borders and brought international travel to a halt. While media reports highlight how such disruptions affect wealthy nations that depend on migrant workers, this project asks: How has the Covid-19 crisis impacted places that export migrant …

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Sex Work in the Time of Covid-19: Enhancing Collaborative Problem-Solving among Sex Workers during a Global Pandemic

Sex work has been dramatically affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Many sex workers may be facing the difficult decision between maintaining an income and protecting their health, a risk exacerbated by the explicit exclusion of sex workers from state-sponsored financial aid programs. Research is needed to define the needs of sex workers in the face …

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Re-Imagining Social Futures: Lessons from Diverse Household Experiences during a Global Pandemic

The proposed project examines the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on everyday family life and learning in a diverse cross-section of US households. We probe how social, health and educational needs are being negotiated within each household, and how families view and interpret their experiences. Members of 40 households (20 in Los Angeles, and 20 …

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Persuasiveness of Covid-19 Health Messages: Effects of Psycholinguistic Variables

The Covid-19 pandemic challenges many aspects of public health systems, including health communication. How do you persuade someone of the need for face masks? Or to stay six feet away from others? What about convincing people to do it all again when the next wave arrives? We take steps toward addressing these challenges by focusing …

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