Participants needed for COVID-19 impact study by USM, Tougaloo researchers The schools are trying to better understand the challenges young people in the state have faced throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. (Source: WDAM) By Sharie Nicole | April 16, 2021 at 10:12 AM CDT - Updated April 16 at 10:27 AM
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WLBT) - If you are between the ages of 18 - 29, The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) and Tougaloo College want your help.
The schools are trying to better understand the challenges young people in the state have faced throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
The research study,
Young Adults Against COVID-19 (YAACOV), will ask participants to complete a brief online survey and participate in one virtual focus group to share what they know about the virus.
Participants needed for USM, Tougaloo COVID-19 impact study The YAACOV study is one of five projects supported by the Mississippi Collaborative Engagement Alliance, which was awarded to the University of Mississippi Medical Center and funded by the National Institutes of Health. (Source: University of Southern Mississippi) By Renaldo Hopkins | April 16, 2021 at 12:12 PM CDT - Updated April 16 at 2:21 PM
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - The University of Southern Mississippi and Tougaloo College are looking for individuals in the state to participate in a joint study to research the challenges young adults have faced in Mississippi throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Young Adults Against COVID-19” (YAACOV) will ask participants to complete an online survey and take part in a virtual focus group to share what they know about the virus.
Some Black MS residents are skeptical of COVID vaccine. Can researchers change minds? [The Sun Herald]
Dec. 21 A few days ago, Vanessa Reed got a letter in the mail. A company called ClinicalResearch.com wanted her to know she could get up to $740 and potentially a free COVID-19 vaccine if she signed up for a clinical trial.
Reed, who is Black and Native American, tossed the letter aside.
“To me it’s dangerous,” she said of the vaccine. “I do believe in vaccinating your children. But I just don’t trust any of this. People can tell me it’s OK, but their body is not my body.”
To build COVID-19 vaccine trust with Black Mississippians, researchers fight legacy of mistreatment Isabelle Taft, The Sun Herald
Dec. 21 A few days ago, Vanessa Reed got a letter in the mail. A company called ClinicalResearch.com wanted her to know she could get up to $740 and potentially a free COVID-19 vaccine if she signed up for a clinical trial.
Reed, who is Black and Native American, tossed the letter aside. To me it s dangerous, she said of the vaccine. I do believe in vaccinating your children. But I just don t trust any of this. People can tell me it s OK, but their body is not my body.