RAPID: Mobilization of Rural Alaska Cultural and Community Resources during the COVID-19 Pandemic

该项目将在阿拉斯加的两个地点，即圣劳伦斯岛的Gambell村和阿拉斯加内陆的Galena，确定土著社区在COVID-19大流行期间的力量和复原力的来源。研究人员将与社区合作伙伴合作，从三个方面记录和评估当地的大流行应对措施：安全（防止接触COVID-19）；安全（确保获得食物、水和医疗保健）；和活力（维持社会生活、人际关系和健康实践）。Gambell和Galena在地理、文化和语言上都是不同的社区。这项研究将确定哪些优势和弹性在这些社区之间共享，哪些是特定于每个站点的。这项研究进一步努力了解COVID-19如何影响美国各地的社区，并确定有利于公民健康和福利的大流行应对措施。数据将通过与阿拉斯加两个农村社区的土著合作者进行非正式电话和视频聊天访谈来收集。访谈将侧重于2019冠状病毒病大流行背景下的日常活动（饮食方式、表达文化、家庭和社区生活）。需要解决的具体问题包括社区层面的脆弱性，如住房、缺乏自来水和污水处理；食品杂货和医疗保健服务的可获得性；以及对老年人的影响。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。

This project will identify the sources of Indigenous community strength and resilience amidst the COVID-19 pandemic at two sites in Alaska: the village of Gambell, St. Lawrence Island, and Galena, in interior Alaska. Working collaboratively with their community-based partners, researchers will document and evaluate local pandemic responses in three areas: safety (preventing exposure to COVID-19); security (ensuring access to food, water, healthcare); and vitality (maintaining social life, relationships, and wellness practices). Gambell and Galena are geographically, culturally, and linguistically distinct communities. This research will identify which strengths and resiliencies are shared between these communities and which are specific to each site. This research furthers efforts to understand how COVID-19 affects communities across the United States and identify pandemic responses that benefit the health and welfare of its citizens. Data will be collected through informal phone and video chat interviews with Indigenous collaborators in two rural Alaska communities. Interviews will focus on daily activities (foodways, expressive culture, family and community life) within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Specific issues to be addressed include community-level vulnerabilities such as housing, lack of running water, and sewage treatment; availability of groceries and healthcare services; and effects on elders.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.