Top Community Themes
These themes are drawn directly from the stories collected and speak to the perspectives of individuals in New Jersey who participated in the Community Conversations: Pandemic Perspectives project.
Other Important Topics
Other important topics that are discussed throughout the stories.
Access to Care (5) Actionable Items from Residents (1) Acts of Kindness (7) Challenges with Remote Schooling/Virtual Learning for Children (3) Childcare Arrangements (2) Children (2) Clinical Care (6) Communities of Color/Minoritized Individuals (3) COVID-19 Behaviors (2) COVID-19 Health Behaviors (17) COVID-19 Impact (2) Digital Divide (2) Disabled Individuals (1) Education (7) Employment (5) Equal Access to COVID-19 Vaccines & Information (1) Factors Impacting the Digital Divide (2) Financial/Economic (In)stability (5) Food Accessibility (1) Food Insecurity (1) Frustrations with Lack of Adherence (6) Health Behaviors (3) Homeless Individuals (3) Housing (2) Housing Insecurity/Instability (4) Infant/Child Health (1) Lack of Financial Means to Support Basic Needs (2) Loss of Health Insurance (3) Loss of Job or Business (4) Low Income Communities (2) Low Income Individuals (3) Maternal Health (1) Mental Health (4) Mode of Transportation (2) Negative Mental Health Outcomes (14) Noteworthy Quotes for Report or Presentation (3) Older Persons (1) Parents or Guardians or Caregivers Functioning as Teachers (1) Perceptions of Participants & Societal Views (2) Physical Environment (1) Positive Outlook (11) Quality of Care (2) Recommendations (4) Relationships (4) Religion or Spirituality (3) Resilience (13) Resources Needed (4) Secondary Suffering and Trauma (9) Self-Care Strategies (7) Social and Economic Factors (10) Social Disconnect - Social Isolation and Loneliness (15) Social Pods (2) Social Re-Connect (7) Special Populations (1) Those Left Out of the Virus Response (1) Transit (2) Undocumented Individuals (1) Unpredictability (11) Vaccine Availability & Access (1) Vaccine for COVID-19 (4) Veterans (1) View of NJ Government’s Response to the Pandemic (2) View of the Federal Government’s Response (in 2020) (3) View of the NJ Government’s Response to the Pandemic (1)