COVID-SPECIFIC RESEARCH SELECTED FACULTY PROJECTS BY JENNIFER DEBORD
A summary of the research and scholarship—including selected publications— that constitute our School’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cristina Bares
Associate Professor of Social Work, Principal Investigator PROJECT: DAILY BEHAVIORS AND HEALTH STUDY (IN PROGRESS) Two years ago, Bares researched how social isolation increases substance use and found that in the presence of family or friends individuals use less of substances like tobacco or alcohol. Currently, she is collecting data on the daily patterns of substance use among adults during the pandemic, in order to explore how social isolation influences levels of substance use. Bares is the principal investigator of this project and is working with MSW student research assistants. “Considering how the COVID-19 pandemic requires many segments of our population to social distance and stay away from typical sources of support, I designed a study examining how daily behaviors and health were being impacted by the requirements of the pandemic lockdown.”
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