Directed content analysis: A life course approach to understanding the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic with implications for public health and social service policy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has had broad impacts on individuals, families and communities which will continue to require multidimensional responses from service providers, program developers, and policy makers.

Objectives

The purpose of this study was to use Life Course theory to understand and imagine public health and policy responses to the multiple and varied impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on different groups.

Methods

"The Cost of COVID-19" was a research study carried out in Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington counties in South Eastern Ontario, Canada, between June and December 2020. Data included 210 micronarrative stories collected from community members, and 31 in-depth interviews with health and social service providers. Data were analyzed using

SUBMITTER: Purkey E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9757550 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature