ArticleThe International journal of health planning and management2021
Healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: Experiences of doctors and nurses in Bangladesh.
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- Barriers to COVID-19 Health Products in Low-and Middle-Income Countries During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Rapid Systematic Review and Evidence Synthesis.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- Infection Prevention and Control Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Healthcare Workers in Tertiary Care Hospitals in Bangladesh During COVID-19: A Multicenter Cross-sectional Survey.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2025Article
- Social cohesion among healthcare workers during COVID-19: Qualitative research in Indonesia, Nepal, and Vietnam.SSM. Qualitative research in health · 2024Article
- COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh: A scoping review of governance issues affecting response in public sector.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2024Article
- Human resource management (HRM) strategies of medical staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.Heliyon · 2023Review
- Impact of workplace bullying and burnout on job satisfaction among Bangladeshi nurses: A cross-sectional study.Heliyon · 2023Article
- Mediating effect of work stress in the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and nurses' organizational and professional turnover intentions.Archives of psychiatric nursing · 2023Article
- Experiencing and witnessing disruptive behaviors toward nurses in COVID-19 teams, patient safety, and errors in care.Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing · 2023Article
- Antibiotic Prescribing Practices for Treating COVID-19 Patients in Bangladesh.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Quality of life among health care workers with and without prior COVID-19 infection in Bangladesh.BMC health services research · 2022Article
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- Experiences of nurses providing maternity care in a public hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal: A qualitative study.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- "Working in the Dark": Experiences of Frontline Health Workers in Bangladesh During COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2022Article
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Abstract
Healthcare workers, who are in low-resource settings, are critically vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic. The increasing rate of coronavirus infection in a developing country such as Bangladesh caused the highest death rate of doctors among frontline service providers and resulted in fear and anxiety among healthcare workers. Even with the preliminary measures of hospitals and clinics to protect healthcare workers, the growing casualties are alarming. This research uses case study approach to explore the issues doctors and nurses face in 'priority intervention areas' (PIA) in order to improve the health system quality. Qualitative in-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted from 12 May to 4 June 2020 among doctors and nurses from two different private hospitals in Dhaka city. Data were analysed using thematic content analysis. The two significant areas that required immediate attention were identified from the PIA framework as 'patient and staff safety, infection control' and 'cultural aspects and community engagement'. Each area of the PIA framework showed previously ignored issues in the current health system. The adaptation of the PIA framework helped identify critical health system issues. Possible corrective actions including proper planning and management of isolating the infected patients and provision of adequate personal protective equipment are recommended to management and policymakers to save the lives of healthcare workers and to minimise the spread of infection.
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