Currently, NLM is not updating the Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC) website, and is limiting updates to the Disaster Lit database to COVID-19 related data collection tools found in the DR2.
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Annotation:The Epidemic–Pandemic Impacts Inventory (EPII; Grasso, Briggs-Gowan, Ford, & Carter, 2020) is a newly developed measure designed to study the impact of the coronavirus disease pandemic COVID-19 (and future epidemics/pandemics) on various domains of personal and family life. Items assess impact in areas that include: Work and Employment, Education and Training, Home Life, Social Activities, Economic, Emotional Health and Wellbeing, Physical Health Problems, Physical Distancing and Quarantine, Infection History, and Positive Change. Items follow a simple response set of Yes (me), Yes (person in home), No, and N/A. Although not yet evaluated, data collection is ongoing, and as of today, over 30 research teams (nationally and internationally) are incorporating the EPII into studies of various populations. Authors are from University of Connecticut School of Medicine and University of Massachusetts.