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Who We Test For: Aligning Relational and Public Health Responsibilities in COVID-19 Testing in Scotland
Imogen Bevan1, Linda Bauld2, Alice Street1
1School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Medical Anthropology
|May 7, 2024
Summary
Participants in COVID-19 testing programs viewed testing as a way to manage responsibilities to various groups, from family to the public. Successful testing programs require aligning personal and public scales of responsibility.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Sociology
- Behavioral Science
Background:
- COVID-19 testing programs in the UK emphasized testing to protect others.
- Understanding individual motivations for testing is crucial for program effectiveness.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore motivations for COVID-19 testing.
- To examine the relationships and responsibilities to 'others' within an asymptomatic testing program at a Scottish university.
Main Methods:
- Qualitative exploration of participant engagement with testing.
- Analysis of how individuals navigated responsibilities to different social groups (kin, colleagues, strangers, publics).
Main Results:
- Participants engaged with testing as a relational technology.
- Testing involved navigating multiple, overlapping responsibilities to diverse social connections.
- The program's success was linked to aligning interpersonal and public scales of responsibility.
Conclusions:
- COVID-19 testing success relies on more than individual discipline; it requires integrating personal and public responsibilities.
- Testing programs function as relational technologies that shape social obligations and public health behaviors.
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