Responses to Covid-19 and Research Participation Among Older African Americans

Katrail Davis, Erika Pugh, Robbie Beyl, Isabella Manrique, Jasmine Taylor, Matthew Calamia, Owen Carmichael, Robert L. Newton, Department of Psychology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Department of Psychology, Ohio State University, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Published online on August 22, 2025

Abstract

Journal of Applied Gerontology, Volume 45, Issue 7, Page 1384-1392, July 2026.
Despite higher risk of Covid-19 and barriers to health care for older African Americans, there have been few studies examining the effects of Covid-related risk perception on engagement in health behaviors and biomedical research in this population. ...