Personal Freedom and Social Responsibility in Slowing the Spread of COVID-19: A Rapid Qualitative Study

• Published in: Health education & behavior Vol. 49; no. 1; pp. 26 - 34
• Main Authors: Vázquez, Evelyn, Chobdee, Julie, Nasrollahzadeh, Niloufar, Cheney, Ann
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.02.2022; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: College Students; Community; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Data analysis; Data reduction; Education; Employment; Focus groups; Freedom; Freedoms; Group psychotherapy; Health Education; Health Promotion; Higher education; Higher education institutions; Humans; Masks; Pandemics; Pandemics - prevention & control; Prevention; Public Health; Public spaces; Qualitative analysis; Qualitative research; Research centers; Research facilities; Research institutions; Review boards; Risk perception; Risk reduction; Safety measures; SARS-CoV-2; School Safety; Social meaning; Social Responsibility; Sociocultural factors; Transcription; United States - epidemiology; California; United States; United States > US; college; health education; community health promotion; college health; socioecological model

This rapid qualitative exploratory study focused on perceptions of adopting risk-reduction measures, such as face masks, on campuses within institutions of higher education in the United States. It was intended to identify safety measures to reduce virus spread and develop community-informed public...