Posts Tagged ‘044’
The Role of Conversational Agents for Substance Use Disorder in Social Distancing Contexts
The COVID-19 pandemic and its related policies, such as social distancing orders, affected the ability for people with substance use disorders (SUD) to seek prevention and treatment. In this commentary, we introduce conversational agents, a type of social technology. We discuss the role of conversational agents in the prevention and treatment of SUD in social…
Read More“I Just Don’t Know What to Believe”: Sensemaking during the COVID-19 Pandemic among Criminal Legal Involved Communities
Through a study funded by the NIH RADX-UP initiative, this project explores the process of sensemaking amid misinformation, trust/mistrust, and vulnerability during the pandemic among criminal-legal involved communities in three central states (Illinois, Louisiana, and Arkansas).
Read MoreCommunity Network-Driven COVID-19 Testing in Vulnerable Populations (044)
The University of Chicago received a supplement to support the Community Network-Driven COVID-19 Testing of Vulnerable Populations in the Central US (C3) project to evaluate a COVID-19 testing approach that combines Social Network Testing Strategy (SNS) with community-developed public health messages. This study will focus on addressing misinformation, stigma, and distrust about COVID-19 testing and…
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