Assessing community-level impacts of and responses to stay at home orders: The King County COVID-19 community study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) of unprecedented scope and duration were implemented to limit community spread of COVID-19. There remains limited evidence about how these measures impacted the lived experience of affected communities. This study captured the early impacts and coping strategies implemented in King County, Washington, one of the first U.S. communities impacted by COVID-19.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional web-based survey of 793 English- and Spanish-speaking adult King County residents from March 18, 2020 -May 30, 2020, using voluntary response sampling. The survey included close- and open-ended questions on participant demographics, wellbeing, protective actions, and COVID-19-related concerns

SUBMITTER: Moloney K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10852336 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature