Participant 74-76

N/A

Rosabel, Celmira, Veronica

Phase: Phase 1

Date Collected: November 4, 2020

Story Type: Focus Group, Video

Middlesex County

This focus group discusses the challenges and changes brought about by the pandemic that impacted people’s daily lives, as well as the inequities that were heightened, especially in access to health care and information.

Topics: Access to Care, Actionable Items from Residents, Acts of Kindness, Challenges with Remote Schooling/Virtual Learning for Children, Clinical Care, Communities of Color/Minoritized Individuals, COVID-19 Health Behaviors, Digital Divide, Education, Employment, Factors Impacting the Digital Divide, Financial/Economic (In)stability, Food Accessibility, Food Insecurity, Frustrations with Lack of Adherence, Health Behaviors, Lack of Financial Means to Support Basic Needs, Loss of Health Insurance, Low Income Individuals, Mental Health, Mode of Transportation, Negative Mental Health Outcomes, Noteworthy Quotes for Report or Presentation, Perceptions of Participants & Societal Views, Physical Environment, Positive Outlook, Quality of Care, Recommendations, Relationships, Religion or Spirituality, Resilience, Resources Needed, Secondary Suffering and Trauma, Self-Care Strategies, Social and Economic Factors, Social Disconnect - Social Isolation and Loneliness, Transit, Undocumented Individuals, Unpredictability, Vaccine for COVID-19, View of NJ Government’s Response to the Pandemic

View Story on NJ State Public Library Website

New Jersey YMCA State Alliance

COMMUNITY THEME

Those Left Out of the Virus Response

Participant 74-76

N/A

Rosabel, Celmira, Veronica

Middlesex County