RAPID: Cultural Differences in Shaping Diagnostic Testing Regimes in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

这个RAPID研究项目的主要目标是进一步了解政治文化在COVID-19疫情期间塑造诊断检测制度的作用。研究人员将在四个地理区域使用定性案例研究方法。该项目的结果将有助于扩大我们对政治文化如何塑造诊断测试的发展，实施和治理的理解，特别是在紧急情况下。它还将帮助我们确定政治文化的其他方面，包括公民对紧急诊断检测系统的反应和挫折感是否在四个地区采取不同的形式。项目结果将广泛传播给学术界、公众和政策受众。该项目将为STS、公共卫生、政治学和公共政策领域的学术受众撰写文章。将通过论坛版和播客节目向公众传播。将向相关决策者发送一份白色文件。研究方法包括进行访谈，收集文件和进行民族志观察;在可能和相关的情况下，还将对新闻发布会和政府听证会进行民族志观察。文件，访谈和人种学现场记录将包括数据，将使用扎根理论方法进行分析。我们会以“滚雪球”抽样策略挑选面试对象，并会要求初步面试对象推荐其他面试对象。将通过收集的文件确定初始受试者;将记录每个测试方案中的重要参与者。对于将要开发的四个案例研究中的每一个，这可能包括参与制定COVID-19应对措施或监管诊断检测制度的政府官员;开发和提供检测的组织;和民间社会团体试图影响公共，私人，和非该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为是值得通过评估使用基金会的知识优点和更广泛的影响审查标准。

The primary objective of this RAPID research project is to further our understanding of the role of political culture in shaping diagnostic testing regimes during the COVID-19 epidemic. The researcher will use qualitative case study methods in four geographical regions. The results of this project will serve to expand our understanding of how political culture shapes the development, implementation, and governance of diagnostic testing particularly during emergencies. It will also help us identify other aspects of political culture including whether citizen responses to and frustrations with emergency diagnostic testing systems take different form across the four regions. Project findings will be widely disseminated to academic, public, and policy audiences. The project will generate articles for academic audiences in the fields of STS, public health, political science, and public policy. Dissemination to the public will be via op-eds and podcast episodes. A white paper will be sent to relevant policymakers. Research methods include conducting interviews, collecting documents, and doing ethnographic observation; when possible and relevant, ethnographic observation of press conferences and government hearings will also be conducted. Documents, interviews, and ethnographic field notes will comprise the data, which will be analyzed using a grounded theory approach. A “snowball” sampling strategy will be used to select interview subjects; initial interview subjects will be asked to suggest others for interview. Initial subjects will be identified through the collected documents; important participants in each testing regime will be recorded. For each of the four case studies to be developed, this will likely include government officials involved in developing COVID-19 responses or regulating diagnostic testing regimes; organizations developing and offering testing; and civil society groups attempting to influence public, private, and non-profit sector action.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.