Networked Knowledge and Preparedness for Zika

主要研究者和他的团队将进行大约300次访谈，以便收集数据，然后对这些数据进行分析，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。访谈将录成视频，供公众参与和广泛分发。由此产生的分析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有根据的指导。寨卡疫情不太可能很快结束，尽管很可能会出现其他具有全球重要性的传染性病毒。该项目的主要目标是立即从三个国家（阿根廷、墨西哥和巴西）的农村和城市社区的群体中收集易腐烂的数据。选择这些群体是因为它们对流行病进程（疾病的传播和治疗以及信息的传播）的重要性，其中包括育龄妇女、医疗专业人员、教师和青年，以及非正规部门和失业者。研究小组将通过对每个国家进行大约100次访谈来收集关于这些群体的定性基线信息。

General Audience Summary The principal investigator and his team will conduct approximately 300 interviews in order to collect data and then conduct an analysis of that data to further our understanding of how cultural and political contexts shape the ways people respond to epidemics. The interviews will be videotaped for public engagement and wider distribution. The resulting analysis will provide grounded guidance for policy makers and others seeking to understand the diversity of fears, risk perceptions, preparedness, and acceptable actions. The Zika epidemic will not likely end soon, though it is likely that there will be other infectious viruses of global importance.Technical Summary This primary goal of this project is the immediate collection of perishable data from groups in both rural and urban communities in three countries (Argentina, Mexico, and Brazil). The groups are selected for their importance to the epidemic processes (transmission and treatment of the disease and of information), and they include women of childbearing age, medical professionals, teachers, and youth, as well as the informal sector and the unemployed. The research team will collect qualitative baseline information on these groups by conducting approximately 100 interviews per country.