In this article, researchers present an innovative Risk Assessment Tool that focuses on health, behavior, exposure, and social policy related to COVID-19.
The COVID-19 Risk Assessment Tool is a simple, free online tool used to assess risk of COVID-19. The assessment includes questions related to awareness as well as behavior and presents results to the user in an easy-to-understand visual format. This tool can be used to reach difficult-to-reach communities, ascertain individual behaviors and social compliance, and determine exposure factors to find relevant areas of intervention as well as increase awareness among community members. This article details the tool development and initial analysis of the tool in India.