RAPID: Networked Knowledge and Preparedness for Ebola

RAPID：埃博拉病毒的网络知识和准备

• 批准号: 1519411
• 负责人: Wesley Shrum
• 金额: $ 9万
• 依托单位: Louisiana State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-01-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1519411&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RAPID; Networked; Knowledge; Preparedness; Ebola

General Audience Summary The principal investigator and his team will collect data to further understanding of how cultural and political contexts shape the ways people respond to epidemics. They will conduct 300 interviews, most of which will be video-taped for public engagement and wider distribution. The results of this project will provide guidance for policy makers and others seeking to understand the diversity of fears, risk perceptions, preparedness, and acceptable actions. The Ebola epidemic is not likely to end soon, nor will it be the last infectious virus of global importance.Technical Summary This primary goal of this project is the immediate collection of perishable data on seven important social groups in five countries that are significant for the recent epidemic in West Africa. The data will be used to contribute to our understanding of networked knowledge, transmission mechanisms for both disease and information, and perceptions of risk and acceptable actions in response to the recent emergence of the virus in West Africa and the United States. The research team will collect qualitative baseline information on seven groups consisting of approximately 300 interviews. The interviewees are to be selected for their importance to for providing insights about the transmission and treatment of disease, and of information about the disease. They include medical professionals, teachers, youth, the informal sector, and the unemployed. The data will be collected in three African locations (Ghana, Guinea, and Mali) including rural communities, and in two US locations (Baton Rouge, LA, and Minneapolis, MN)

首席研究员和他的团队将收集数据，以进一步了解文化和政治背景如何影响人们应对流行病的方式。他们将进行300次采访，其中大部分将录成视频，供公众参与和更广泛地分发。该项目的结果将为决策者和其他寻求了解恐惧、风险认知、准备和可接受行动的多样性的人提供指导。埃博拉疫情不太可能很快结束，它也不会是最后一种具有全球重要性的传染性病毒。本项目的主要目标是立即收集五个国家七个重要社会群体的易腐数据，这些群体对西非最近的流行病具有重要意义。这些数据将有助于我们了解网络知识、疾病和信息的传播机制，以及为应对西非和美国最近出现的病毒而认识到的风险和可接受的行动。研究小组将收集由大约300个访谈组成的7组定性基线信息。选择受访者的依据是他们对提供有关疾病传播和治疗的见解以及有关疾病的信息的重要性。他们包括医疗专业人员、教师、青年、非正规部门和失业者。这些数据将在包括农村社区在内的三个非洲地区（加纳、几内亚和马里）和两个美国地区（洛杉矶巴吞鲁日和明尼苏达州明尼阿波利斯）收集。