The COVID-19 pandemic response: the role of communication, health law, and public policy for the 3 Rs (recovery, renewal and resilience) of an inclusive society

• Grant number: 21/08772-9
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: November 01, 2022
• End date: October 31, 2024
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Political Science - Public Policies
• Principal Investigator: Lorena Guadalupe Barberia
• Grantee: Lorena Guadalupe Barberia
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Alexandra Crispim Boing ; Ana Freitas Ribeiro ; Antonio Pedro Pinto de Oliveira Ramos ; David Washburn ; Diego Werneck Arguelhes ; George Avelino Filho ; Guy David Whitten ; Kirby Goidel ; Marcia Gail Ory ; Maria Amélia de Sousa Mascena Veras ; Natalia Pires de Vasconcelos ; Tatiane Cristina Moraes de Sousa ; Timothy Callaghan
• Associated scholarship(s): 22/10997-1 - Post-Doctoral Fellowship on the Mapping and Evaluating Policies to Respond to COVID-19 in Brazil and the United States with attention to Vulnerable Populations, BP.PD

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected almost every country in the world, with more than 185 million cases and over 4 million deaths worldwide as of July 2021. These cumulative case and death counts reflect only a part of the overall impact. The pandemic has underscored the need to reduce inequalities and vulnerabilities, foster democratic governance and political participation, and ensure effective and accurate public health communication. Throughout the pandemic, countries experienced the pandemic in different ways. Even within a country, socioeconomic conditions and political actions often resulted in disproportionately negative impact among some population groups. National responses to the pandemic and related information could not be applied or reached equally across different groups, and in some cases, further amplified inequities with COVID-19 outcomes and individuals' ability to respond. In response, the project examines and compares COVID-19 responses and recovery in the US and Brazil. Points of convergence and divergence across countries will be assessed from a legal and democratic governance perspective, policy and social equity perspective, and public health communication perspective. The first research question will focus on policy and legal actions and their impact on recovery, renewal, and resilience from the COVID-19 pandemic. The second research question focuses on the gaps in data for assessing pandemic response and recovery among diverse populations. The third research question focuses on COVID-19-related information dissemination and its societal impact. The proposed project will use a mixed methodology approach including a brief scoping review of research about COVID-19-related public health communications, administration of cross-national surveys and key informant surveys/interviews, and public policy mapping to capture broader regional and national responses addressing the main research questions. If successful, the proposed project will generate high-quality evidence of successes and failures during the COVID-19 pandemic and inform future crisis responses. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

LORENA BARBERIA; NATÁLIA DE PAULA MOREIRA; REBECA DE JESUS CARVALHO; MARIA LETICIA CLARO OLIVEIRA; ISABEL SEELAENDER COSTA ROSA; MARCELA ZAMUDIO. The Relationship between Ideology and COVID-19 Deaths: What We Know and What We Still Need to Know. Brazilian Political Science Review, v. 16, n. 3, 2022-10-24. (21/08772-9, 16/13199-8)