Participant 161-165 Community Conversations Focus Group
Date
2020-11-16
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Publisher
Trenton, N.J.: New Jersey State Library
Abstract
Description
In this focus group, participants share their stories of financial struggles, loss, and remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 has abruptly altered everyone's priorities and needs, and for participants of this focus group who are also caretakers for family members, adapting to these shifting needs has been difficult. Participants also express fear over getting sick with COVID-19 and the unknowns of the pandemic.
Keywords
Burlington Co. (N.J.), Middlesex Co. (N.J.), New Jersey, COVID-19 Pandemic, Unpredictability, Negative Mental Health Outcomes, Positive Outlook, Secondary Suffering and Trauma, Acts of Kindness, COVID-19 Health Behaviors, Social Disconnect - Social Isolation and Loneliness, View of NJ Government's Response to the Pandemic, Older Persons, Loss of Job or Business, Individuals with High-Risk Health Conditions, Frustrations with Lack of Adherence, Mental Health, Social and Economic Factors, Lack of Financial Means to Support Basic Needs, Employment, Recommendations, Resilience, Resources Needed, Vaccine for COVID-19, Challenges with Remote Schooling_Virtual Learning for Children, Children, Social Re-Connect, View of the Federal Government's Response (in 2020), Housing, Self-Care Strategies, Financial_Economic (In)stability, Loss of Health Insurance, Childcare Arrangements, Transit, Food Accessibility