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ArticleHealth care science2023

Exploring COVID-19 from the perspectives of healthcare personnel in Malawi.

Chúk Odenigbo, Eric Crighton

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Article in Health care science, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Chúk OdenigboDepartment of Geography Environment and Geomatics at the University of Ottawa 60 University Ottawa Ontario Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0145-902X
Eric CrightonDepartment of Geography Environment and Geomatics at the University of Ottawa 60 University Ottawa Ontario Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: The Coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) brought many healthcare systems around the world to the point of collapse all the while putting the lives of healthcare workers at risk. This study forgoes an institutional look at healthcare to center individual healthcare personnel in Malawi to better understand (1) how the worldviews of healthcare workers impact their work in the context of COVID-19, (2) how COVID-19 impacted healthcare workers, and (3) the unique conditions faced by being a healthcare worker in a low-income nation. Methods: This research uses a hermeneutic phenomenological approach to qualitative methodology involving in-depth interviews ( Results: The findings reveal many of the struggles healthcare workers faced due to misaligned government policy and perceived proximity to COVID-19; outline their needs such as wanting better resources, funds, wages, and public health communication; and, exemplify the significant role that personal biases, worldviews, and sense of fear played in how healthcare workers perceived and interacted with COVID-19. Conclusion: Much of what was said echoes beyond borders, reflecting common global sentiments felt by healthcare personnel, and offers directions to explore building policies, strategies, and plans in preparation for any future disease outbreaks.

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COVID‐19discriminationfearhealthcare workersMalawipandemicviolence

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PMCPMC11080770

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