ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
COVID-19 and Essential Workers: A Narrative Review of Health Outcomes and Moral Injury.
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- Detecting PPE concerns in OSHA complaints using machine learning to support infectious disease outbreak response.Journal of occupational and environmental hygiene · 2026Article
- Disparities in SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Arab Americans Living in Southeast Michigan.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Observational
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- Harnessing Socio-Spatial Dynamics for Pandemic Resilience: Evidence from Kozhikode, India.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2025Article
- Understanding moral injury and its predictors among Chinese physicians.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- COVID-19 on Food Insecurity in Hispanic/Latino Essential and Non-essential Workers.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Are ethnic inequalities in COVID-19 outcomes mediated by occupation risk? Analyses of a 2-year record linked national cohort study in Scotland.European journal of public health · 2025Article
- Anti-masking Posts on Instagram: Content Analysis During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Safety and health at work · 2025Article
- Prevalence of COVID-19 and Long COVID by Industry and Occupation: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2022.American journal of industrial medicine · 2025Article
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- Effectiveness screening of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) in the municipality of Andratx (Balearic Islands, Spain).Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Timing of Infection as a Key Driver of Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Coronavirus Disease 2019 Mortality Rates During the Prevaccine Period.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Modifiable social and structural factors influence COVID-19 vaccine intention among frontline workers in the Midwestern USA: a community-engaged survey study.BMJ public health · 2025Article
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- Gender-Based Socio-Economic Inequalities in the Pre-Vaccination Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Istanbul: A Neighborhood-Level Analysis of Excess Mortality.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Learning from an experience, challenges and approaches in the workplace during COVID-19 pandemic: a content analysis of international documents.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Understanding Vaccine Hesitancy in U.S. Prisons: Perspectives from a Statewide Survey of Incarcerated People.Vaccines · 2024Article
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced a number of added obstacles to safe employment for already-challenged essential workers. Essential workers not employed in the health sector generally include racially diverse, low-wage workers whose jobs require close interaction with the public and/or close proximity to their coworkers, placing them at increased risk of infection. A narrative review facilitated the analyses of health outcome data in these workers and contributing factors to illness related to limited workplace protections and a lack of organizational support. Findings suggest that this already marginalized population may also be at increased risk of "moral injury" due to specific work-related factors, such as limited personal protective equipment (PPE) and the failure of the employer, as the safety and health "duty holder," to protect workers. Evidence suggests that ethical and, in some cases, legally required safety protections benefit not only the individual worker, but an employer's enterprise and the larger community which can retain access to resilient, essential services.
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