Rapid Response Grant Recipients

1

Challenges, Well-being and Coping of Single Mothers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Single mothers often have fewer economic and emotional resources available to support their physical and mental well-being. Building on a previous “Strengths in Single Mothers” research project, this team is examining how COVID-19 has changed the lives of these women — as well as the lives of their children — physically, socially and economically.

Research team: Zoe Taylor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies; Keisha Bailey, Department of Human Development and Family Studies; and Abrianna Adams, Department of Public Health

 

2

Family Risk and Resilience in Response to COVID-19

Children with special needs and their caregivers rely on a variety of external resources, many of which were delivered in person prior to the pandemic. Working with families involved in earlier studies and using an app-based, data-gathering tool, this team is exploring the effects of social distancing, shelter-in-place orders and other COVID-19 changes on these families.

Research team: Bridgette Kelleher, Department of Psychological Sciences; Sean Lane, Department of Psychological Sciences; Elizabeth Richards, School of Nursing; and Anne Wheeler, RTI International

 

3

Homelessness During COVID-19: Community-Based Participatory Research to Inform Pandemic Responsiveness for Marginalized and Vulnerable Populations

People experiencing homelessness, many of whom already are dealing with a range of health conditions, are at particularly high risk for COVID-19. This project, focused on the homeless population in Indiana’s Tippecanoe County, aims to understand the specific challenges and risks this group faces along with any gaps in current response efforts. The goal is to identify solutions to fill those gaps and improve future pandemic responsiveness for the homeless community.

Researcher: Natalia M. Rodriguez, Department of Public Health

 

4

Nurses’ Psychological Trauma and Cognitive Control in the COVID-19 Pandemic

This group of researchers is studying the effects of elevated stress, insufficient resources and other pandemic-related challenges on frontline nursing staff. They’re exploring whether cognitive control — the ability to coordinate thoughts and actions according to internal goals — plays a role in how nurses respond to psychological traumas induced by COVID-19.

Research team: Karen J. Foli, School of Nursing; Yu-Chin Chiu, Department of Psychological Sciences; and Lingsong Zhang, Department of Statistics and Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering

 

5

Rapid Assessment of Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic Response on Food Systems in Kenya

Kenya is facing disaster in triplicate: record drought, record locust infestation and COVID-19, all of which are disrupting the food supply chain, diets and health in an already vulnerable population. This project seeks to identify the effects of the pandemic on the country’s food systems, rural economies and families.

Researcher: Nilupa Gunaratna, Department of Public Health

 

6

Restaurant Consumers and COVID-19: Consumer Behaviors and Health Perceptions and Their Impact on the “Health” of the Restaurant Industry

This team is examining how consumer restaurant food purchases have changed at various stages during the pandemic and what those changes have meant for the industry as a whole. They’re analyzing the relationship between consumer purchasing behavior and perceptions about takeout, delivery and eat-in dining.

Research team: Karen Byrd, Barbara Almanza, Aileen Fan, Stephen Leitch, EunSol Her and Yiran Liu, School of Hospitality and Tourism Management

 

7

Telehealth for the Management of Dysphagia During COVID-19 and Beyond

Deficits in swallowing, known as dysphagia, affect 4% of the population, and that number may grow as recent studies show that swallowing problems are common in COVID-19 survivors. This team is investigating the limitations and opportunities associated with diagnosing and managing dysphagia using telehealth practices.

Research team: Georgia A. Malandraki and Jessica Huber, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

 

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