{"id":2456676,"date":"2020-04-02T21:44:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T03:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/pitkin-emotional-check-in-data-helps-officials-take-the-temperature-of-the-public\/"},"modified":"2020-04-02T21:44:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T03:44:00","slug":"pitkin-emotional-check-in-data-helps-officials-take-the-temperature-of-the-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/pitkin-emotional-check-in-data-helps-officials-take-the-temperature-of-the-public\/","title":{"rendered":"Pitkin emotional check-in data helps officials \u2018take the temperature\u2019 of the public"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"701\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/coronaoutdoors-atd-032520-4-1024x701.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/coronaoutdoors-atd-032520-4-1024x701.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/coronaoutdoors-atd-032520-4-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/coronaoutdoors-atd-032520-4-768x526.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/coronaoutdoors-atd-032520-4-1536x1051.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/coronaoutdoors-atd-032520-4-2048x1402.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption><strong>People enjoy the Rio Grande Trail in Basalt on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/><em>Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being \u201cI\u2019m freaking out\u201d and 10 being \u201cI feel awesome,\u201d how are you feeling?<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">For most people who took Pitkin County Public Health\u2019s \u201cemotional check-in\u201d survey, it\u2019s somewhere in the middle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">On Thursday evening, county officials released the current data <a id=\"N0x1284c10N0x14772c0:N0x1284c10N0x1449f38\" href=\"https:\/\/datastudio.google.com\/u\/0\/reporting\/1r8_PipL2qQfHhffqcyfKhBuB1YZIEE3i\/page\/plbIB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">collected via the self-reported emotional tracker survey<\/a><i class=\"fas fa-external-link-alt\"><\/i>, which was <a id=\"N0x1284c10N0x1477320:N0x1284c10N0x1449fc8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/pitkin-co-releases-preliminary-self-reported-symptom-results\/\">launched March 24 with a similar survey<\/a> asking county residents to self-report any suspected COVID-19-related symptoms they may be experiencing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">As of 5:30 p.m. Thursday, about the same number of locals had responded to both surveys, with 222 people taking part in the emotional check-in (about 1.2% of the Pitkin County population).<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<div class=\"row at-donation at-donation-mobile p-0\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/at-banner-paypal.jpg)\" class=\"col-xl-8 p-3 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/donate\/?utm_source=article&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=donation&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=mid-article\">Donate<\/a><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">When asked to choose from a list of emotions that may align with how people are feeling about the COVID-19 outbreak, 45% of emotional check-in respondents said they are feeling hopeful, 32% said they are feeling doubtful, 10% said optimistic and 10% said they are feeling hopeless.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">When asked to define how they are feeling in general \u2014 this time using the 1 to 10 scale \u2014 the survey data show the largest numbers of respondents are at a \u201c4,\u201d \u201c5,\u201d \u201c7,\u201d and \u201c8.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The survey data also shows respondents are generally having a \u201cvery easy\u201d or \u201csomewhat easy\u201d time fulfilling social distancing-related requirements like proper hand hygiene, staying home when they have potential COVID-19 symptoms and disinfecting surfaces.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">According to Bill Linn, spokesperson for the Pitkin County Incident Management Team and assistant Aspen police chief, county officials will continue to look at response data collected through the emotional check-in survey, <a id=\"N0x1284c10N0x1477380:N0x1284c10N0x144a328\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfwFclTDyNWeo2_7i1uQI0pkORXu_5SWP-4umXfKdeuZy3UeA\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">which is still open to participate in<\/a><i class=\"fas fa-external-link-alt\"><\/i>, to get a sense of how the community is doing, how county officials can better frame their messaging on the COVID-19 outbreak and overall how they can better support Pitkin County locals. All emotional check-in data will also be shared with county mental health providers, Linn said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThe whole idea is to take the temperature of the public and use it as a way to guide our messaging toward the community,\u201d Linn said. \u201cWe want to know how everybody is doing and do our best to help the community through this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Right now, Linn said the county incident management team is pushing out information on the COVID-19 crisis through all popular social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat and even TikTok.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Linn also said the incident management team is looking at other survey prompts it can put out to the public to better understand how the COVID-19 outbreak is impacting the Pitkin community and what information locals want more of.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe\u2019re talking internally about what else we can survey the public about, because this survey method has the ability to provide a lot of information in a relatively short period of time,\u201d Linn said. \u201cWe do need this information to help guide us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><a href=\"mailto:mvincent@aspentimes.com\">mvincent@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/pitkin-emotional-check-in-data-helps-officials-take-the-temperature-of-the-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People enjoy the Rio Grande Trail in Basalt on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being \u201cI\u2019m freaking out\u201d and 10 being \u201cI feel awesome,\u201d how are you feeling? For most people who took Pitkin County Public Health\u2019s \u201cemotional check-in\u201d survey, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2456676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-18 06:25:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2456676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456676\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2456676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2456676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2456676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}