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

该RAPID研究项目的主要目标是进一步了解在COVID-19流行期间政治文化在形成诊断检测制度方面的作用。研究者将在四个地理区域使用定性案例研究方法。该项目的成果将有助于扩大我们对政治文化如何影响诊断检测的发展、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测试系统的反应和挫折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、政治学和公共政策等领域的学术读者撰写文章。将通过专栏和播客向公众传播。将向相关政策制定者发送白皮书。研究方法包括进行访谈、收集文献和进行民族志观察；在可能和适当的情况下，还将对记者招待会和政府听证会进行人种学观察。文件，访谈和人种学现场笔记将包括数据，这将使用接地理论的方法进行分析。采用“滚雪球”抽样策略选择访谈对象；最初的访谈对象将被要求推荐其他人进行访谈。通过收集的文件确定初始受试者；每个测试制度的重要参与者将被记录。对于即将开展的四个案例研究中的每一个，这可能包括参与制定COVID-19应对措施或规范诊断检测制度的政府官员；开发和提供测试的组织；以及试图影响公共、私人和非营利部门行动的公民社会团体。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

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.