Please view the posters presented at the 19th Annual City Tech Faculty and Student Research Poster Session below. You can click on each poster to enlarge it and view the PDF version under the poster abstract.
We thank all presenters for sharing their innovative and informative research with the City Tech community and beyond!
8-Attitudes towards Wearing Masks among Young Adults
On April 1, 2020, CDC declared wearing a mask was an important safety precaution to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus (Ryan, 2020). Subsequent research supported the importance of wearing masks, analyzed policy, and identified groups that wore masks. Chernozhukov et. al. (2020) investigated the influence of various U.S. policies that were implemented which slowed the rate of infection. Mask policies were found to be more effective when compared to business closures and stay-at-home orders. Mask wearing in varying age groups have been examined, because COVID-19 has been found to cause noticeable illness in older adults. Results from several studies suggest that young adults do not consistently follow safety measures. One survey discovered young adults, particularly those residing in rural locations, were not wearing masks as often as older adults (Haischer et al., 2020). A report published by the CDC found that populations ages 18 to 29 were least likely to wear masks (Hutchins et al., 2020). Limited studies have examined how attitudes among young adults about masks impact mask wearing. View or download a PDF version of this poster.
