Sponsored by: SUNY Seed Funding
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the reality disaster researchers have known all along, pre-existing inequities in society often cause extraordinary harm to previously marginalized segments of the population. During this pandemic there are significant physical and perhaps even deadly risks for specific portions of the population, such as older adults and those with pre-existing health conditions. This research explores the factors that impact decision-making by older adults through the communications disseminated to them about COVID-19 by operationalizing the Protective Action Decision-Making Model. The investigators created and administered a survey instrument to identify concerns among older adults.
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