ArticleBMJ open2022
Impacts of economic inequality on healthcare worker safety at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic: cross-sectional analysis of a global survey.
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- Compliance with the national personal protective equipment guideline for COVID-19 among hospitals in Indonesia: a cross-sectional study.BMJ public health · 2026Article
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- Occupational Health Barriers in South Africa: A Call for Ubuntu.Annals of global health · 2024Article
- Systematizing Information Use to Address Determinants of Health Worker Health in South Africa: A Cross-sectional Mixed Method Study.Safety and health at work · 2023Article
- On the path to recovery: traumatic stress research during the COVID-19 pandemic 2021-2023.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2023Article
- Protecting healthcare workers during a pandemic: what can a WHO collaborating centre research partnership contribute?Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2023Article
- Improving occupational health for health workers in a pilot hospital by application of the HealthWISE international tool: An interview and observation study in China.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo assess the extent to which protection of healthcare workers (HCWs) as COVID-19 emerged was associated with economic inequality among and within countries.
designCross-sectional analysis of associations of perceptions of workplace risk acceptability and mitigation measure adequacy with indicators of respondents' respective country's economic income level (World Bank assessment) and degree of within-country inequality (Gini index).
settingA global self-administered online survey.
participants4977 HCWs and healthcare delivery stakeholders from 161 countries responded to health and safety risk questions and a subset of 4076 (81.2%) answered mitigation measure questions. The majority (65%) of study participants were female.
resultsWhile the levels of
conclusionsEconomic inequality threatens resilience of health systems that rely on health workers working safely to provide needed care during emerging pandemics.
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