Stressors on frontline healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a focus on moral injury and implications for the future
Adeyemo OO, Tu S, Falako S, Keene D. Stressors on frontline healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a focus on moral injury and implications for the future. International Archives Of Occupational And Environmental Health 2022, 95: 1755-1762. PMID: 35482111, PMCID: PMC9048619, DOI: 10.1007/s00420-022-01867-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth care workersFrontline health care workersPatient care assistantsFrontline healthcare workersCOVID-19 pandemicRespiratory therapistsHealthcare workersMoral injuryPatient's familyCare workersQualitative studyCare assistantsHealth systemInjuryPsychological outcomesInitial phasePandemicRiskNegative psychological outcomesFirst waveStressorsPsychological strainMain themesMethodsWeNurses“Police shootings, now that seems to be the main issue” – Black pregnant women’s anticipation of police brutality towards their children
Mehra R, Alspaugh A, Franck LS, McLemore MR, Kershaw TS, Ickovics JR, Keene DE, Sewell AA. “Police shootings, now that seems to be the main issue” – Black pregnant women’s anticipation of police brutality towards their children. BMC Public Health 2022, 22: 146. PMID: 35057776, PMCID: PMC8781435, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-12557-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolice brutalitySources of stressBlack pregnant womenSemi-structured interviewsHealth outcomesPositive experiencesInterview questionsSocietal levelPolice shootingsNeighborhood factorsChildrenBlack peopleBrutalityPoliceStressorsMethodsThis qualitative studyWomen’s anticipationAnticipationQualitative studySparse literatureSocioeconomic statusPeopleExperienceDisproportionate numberFear