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Bridging the Technology Divide in the COVID-19 Era: Using Virtual Outreach to Expose Middle and High School Students to Imaging Technology
Published on: September 28, 2022
College students' experiences early in the COVID-19 pandemic: Applications for ongoing support
Kate F Wallace1, Natalia I Putnam1, Eva Chow1
1School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA.
Objective:
To explore U.S. college students' experiences during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Participants:
Students at a Northeastern public university.
Methods:
Participants were interviewed via videoconference between April 1 and May 31, 2020. Interviews were audio-recorded and professionally transcribed; analyzed using deductive and inductive approaches to thematic analysis.
Results:
34 students (68% female; 56% racial/ethnic minority) participated. Deductively derived themes included: (1) trust/mistrust; (2) desire for change; (3) precarity; and (4) silver linings. Subthemes included variation in vaccine confidence, concern regarding inequalities, and anxiety about education. Building on deductively derived themes, we hypothesized that participation in change-oriented activities could benefit well-being and novel approaches to information dissemination may be needed to overcome institutional distrust.
Conclusions:
This study offers insights into potential short and long-term pandemic impacts as well as mitigation strategies college and university faculty and administrations may consider.
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