EAGER: RUI: How Do Multigenerational Households Provide Care, Manage Risk and Negotiate Infectious Disease Safety during the Pandemic?

该奖项的全部或部分资金来自《2021年美国救援计划法案》(公法117-2)。多代家庭安排，定义为祖父母、父母和孩子共同居住在一个家庭中，长期以来一直是为了给家庭带来经济和文化利益而实行的。然而，由于家庭传播仍然是新冠肺炎感染的主要来源，冠状病毒大流行已将这些经济生存战略转变为高风险的生活条件。尽管建议身体距离、接种疫苗、未接种疫苗时戴口罩、消毒和检测，但考虑到现实世界中与工作、亲属和文化义务相关的意外情况，多代家庭成员如何容易地应用这些建议却知之甚少。随着疫苗接种率放缓和企业重新开业，拥有基本工人的家庭尤其如此。这项研究的结果将有助于就如何加强公共卫生应对措施提出建议，以适应不仅是个人，而且是家庭(广义的)，特别是那些生活在多代家庭中的家庭。这项研究是以课程为基础的本科生研究体验(CURE)的一部分，学生在一个主要是本科生的拉美裔服务机构学习，以扩大学生在STEM的参与。该项目调查了在大流行期间，多代家庭如何在谈判冠状病毒安全性的同时提供护理。这项研究将在这样一个背景下进行：考虑到多代人的家庭安排，家庭结构和外出就业的变化会导致新冠肺炎的特定脆弱性。研究人员使用人种学和排名方法来比较在有限资源和封闭生活区的背景下，与文化特定的护理角色相关的风险认知、减少伤害的做法和社会关系问题。该项目为评估多代家庭内疾病传播风险评估的研究人员提供了基础，这些家庭的疾病暴露程度较高，而且经常不能遵守公共卫生指南。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2). Multigenerational household arrangements, defined as having a grandparent, parent, and child co-residing in one household—has long been practiced for its economic and cultural benefits to families. However, the coronavirus pandemic has turned these economic survival strategies into high risk living conditions as household transmission remains a primary source of COVID-19 infections. Despite recommendations to physically distance, vaccinate, wear masks if unvaccinated, sanitize, and get tested, little is known about how readily multigenerational household members can apply these recommendations given real world contingencies related to work, kin, and cultural obligations. This is especially true for households with essential workers as vaccination rates slow down and businesses reopen. The results of this study will contribute to recommendations for how to strengthen public health responses to accommodate not just individuals but families (broadly conceived), particularly those living in multigenerational households. The study is implemented as part of a Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) with students at a Primarily Undergraduate, Hispanic-Serving Institution, to broaden participation of students in STEM. This project investigates how multigenerational households provide care while negotiating coronavirus safety during the pandemic. The study will be conducted in a context in which variation in household composition and employment outside the home create specific vulnerabilities to COVID-19 given multigenerational household arrangements. The investigators use ethnographic and ranking methods to compare risk perceptions, harm reduction practices, and social relational issues associated with culturally specific care roles in a context of limited resources and close living quarters. The project provides the foundations for building a research design model for researchers who evaluate risk assessment for disease transmission within multigenerational households where disease exposure is higher, and frequently less able to adhere to public health guidelines.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.