The public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic has depended on public support to improve efficient uptake of interventions and adherence to public health guidance (e.g., masking, stay-at-home orders, vaccination). The mixed response to these efforts calls into question how public health strategies influence health behaviors overall and among communities of focus, such as rural or under-served populations.
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Funded Projects
To describe and learn from strategies implemented across diverse communities, CPR3 has funded 7 projects focused on behavior change strategies and public health communication.
Alison Comfort
UCSF, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
Connect: Social networks and social media for health among Californians
Martin Hagger
UC Merced, Department of Psychological Sciences
Denise Herd
UC Berkeley, School of Public Health
Understanding changes in vaccine hesitancy and uptake in California Black and Latinx communities
Amy Lerman
UC Berkeley, School of Public Policy
Leigh Ann Simmons
UC Davis, Department of Human Ecology
Qing Zhou
UC Berkeley, Department of Psychology
Stephanie Zonszein
UC Berkeley, Department of Political Science
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